WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, and Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led 26 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) and Washington, D.C. for refusing to ha...