WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Ron Wyden issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici, Andrea Salinas, Val Hoyle, Maxine Dexter and Janelle Bynum today sounded the alarm on the Trump administration's threat against Oregon election officials unless they adhere to the administration's plan to create a national voter database, potentially nullifying the voter registration of millions of registered Oregon voters.
"It is clear that after these attempts to secure access to sensitive state voter data have been repeatedly rejected by the courts, you are resorting to public threats of prosecution and intimidation against elections administrators in order to coerce state officia...