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Aaron Welcher

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SALT LAKE CITY — A coalition of voting rights groups filed a motion to dismiss the Department of Justice’s complaint in U.S. v. Henderson. The groups released the following statement:

Utah’s election system is safe, secure, and efficient. The Department of Justice does not have a legal right to obtain the state’s unredacted voter list. This list contains Utahns’ private information, including information protected under state and federal law. Unlawfully disclosing this information threatens voter privacy and the removal of eligible voters from voter rolls. We are determined to act as a firewall against the Trump administration’s aggressive effort to gain access to the sensitive data of millions of Utah voters. There is no lawful or legitimate reason to hand over sensitive voter information to federal agencies to interfere with state election administration.

Copy of the motion here.

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