Trump Administration Subpoenas Massive Amount of Voter Data From 44 North Carolina Counties

[CousinIT]

. . . “They couldn’t get it done that way so now they’re doing it this way,” said Allison Riggs, vice president of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, a voting rights group based in Durham. “It’s a massive fishing expedition. The scope of it is stunning.”

Riggs said that handing over voting records from the past five years will distract county election boards from focusing on preparing for the midterms, including new efforts to prevent election systems from being hacked. “An administration that actively benefitted from foreign interference is now trying to sabotage efforts by North Carolina counties to make elections more secure,” she said.

It’s unclear whether the subpoenas are an isolated effort in North Carolina or part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to aggressively prosecute cases of illegal voting. But Justin Levitt, who oversaw the Justice Department’s Voting Section under President Barack Obama, said the amount of information requested in the subpoenas represented an “unbelievably inefficient way to go about conducting an investigation…Sending a massively broad subpoena like this right now is a significant burden on a local office.”

County election boards have until September 25 to respond to the subpoenas but can request an extension. The state board of elections is meeting Friday to discuss it

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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/09/election-officials-are-alarmed-as-trump-administration-subpoenas-voter-data-from-44-north-carolina-counties/

[SWBTATTReg]

1. Fishing, that's all they are doing, is fishing. I imagine that the North C. folks are kind of ...

disturbed and puzzled over this blatant fishing expedition. The only thing that they are going to find is evidence of Russian meddling in favor of rump...what are they going to do then? This can and probably will backfire on them.

[global1]

2. Well Just Like The Courts Ruled This Morning On Redistricting NC Because....

of gerrymandering - the same needs to be said for this supoena by the Trump administration for these records.

Washington (CNN)A federal court concluded Tuesday there is 'insufficient time' before the November midterm elections to redraw an electoral map that the courts have ruled is unconstitutionally gerrymandered.

"Having carefully reviewed the parties' briefing and supporting materials, we conclude that there is insufficient time for this Court to approve a new districting plan and for the State to conduct an election using that plan prior to the seating of the new Congress in January 2019," the court ruling read.

"And we further find that imposing a new schedule for North Carolina's congressional elections would, at this late juncture, unduly interfere with the State's electoral machinery and likely confuse voters and depress turnout."

So there is insufficient time to respond to the Trump's Administration supoenas.

[saidsimplesimon]

3. It's fun to fight on so many fronts.

These attempts are acts of desperation. Bully tactics require only a minimal effort to expose and turn their desperation into election wins for our side. imo

[Garrett78]

4. Acts of desperation because they see the writing on the wall. They know they can't maintain...

...majorities without cheating. Changing demographics and perspectives will ultimately doom right wing ideology.