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[KSweeley]

Finally, thank you Maryland!!!!!!: https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...ry.html?wpisrc=al_alert-local-politics&wpmk=1

July 3, 2017

Maryland will not comply with a request from President Trump’s voter integrity commission to supply data on the state’s registered voters.

Linda H. Lamone, the administrator for the state Board of Elections, said in a letter on Monday to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity that the request violates state election law.

“Disclosure of some of the information encompassed by your request may be prohibited under State and/or federal law,” the letter reads. “Accordingly, I am denying your request.”

Maryland joins more than two dozen other states that have partially or entirely rejected the request by the commission, which is chaired by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach.. The Maryland board had sought advice from state Attorney General Brian E. Frosh (D) on how to respond to the unprecedented request, which was made last week.

Both Common Cause Maryland and the ACLU of Maryland had raised questions about whether turning over the data would violate state election law.

Link to the letter Maryland received from the Presidential Advisory Commission: http://www.elections.state.md.us/press_room/PEIC Letter to Maryland 06282017.pdf

Link to the response Maryland gave to to the Commission: http://www.elections.state.md.us/press_room/Kobach_VR data request 07022017.pdf

 

[gutshot]

So much winning.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

Fight on!

 

[Saint Gregory]

As a former Maryland resident this makes me happy.

Now what about my current state Florida?

 

[PoorChoices]

Fuckin' A! One of the few moments I am proud to live here.

 

[BradC00]

 

[Neuromancer]

Go Maryland! 🦀🍻🦀

So, has any state actually complied with this yet?

 

[Shard]

Go Maryland! 🦀🍻🦀

So, has any state actually complied with this yet?

Some are planning partial compliance in relation to publicly available information but no state has said yes completely at this time.

 

[wvan13]

Go Maryland! 🦀🍻🦀

So, has any state actually complied with this yet?

Last I heard, my own state of Missouri was planning on it.

Go Missouri...woo...

Spoiler

barf

 

[KSweeley]

Fuckin' A! One of the few moments I am proud to live here.

Same. I'm very happy that Maryland has finally joined the other states that are refusing to fulfill the request for voting records.

 

[ahoyhoy]

Finally.

Hogan lookin at 2018.

 

[KSweeley]

Finally.

Hogan lookin at 2018.

Hogan's going to have some competition come 2018. A well known person is running for Governor in 2018 against Hogan, Ben Jealous, former President and CEO of the NAACP, he's trying to position himself as a progressive candidate.