WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and senior member of the Finance Committee, joined Senate colleagues in pushing the Department of Justice (DOJ) to stop its unlawful pressure campaign to coerce dozens of states into providing the Trump Administration their voter rolls, which include voters' personally identifiable information.
Despite lacking legal authority, DOJ has sued 24 states (https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/tracker-justice-department-requests-voter-information) - including Washington state - and Washington, D.C., for refusing to hand over their full ...