Gov. Henry McMaster’s office will be allowed to make arguments in a case over whether the state can send voter rolls with identifiable data to the Trump administration’s Department of Justice, Fifth Judicial Circuit Judge Daniel Coble ruled Thursday.

After the Justice Department requested the personal information, including partial Social Security numbers and driver’s license numbers, of South Carolina’s 3.3 million registered voters, one Calhoun County resident requested a restraining order.

A hearing is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday in Richland County. It will concern about Crook’s request to block the election commission from sending the personal information to the Justice Department.

McMaster, who has said he supports sending the voter rolls including the sensitive information, moved

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