WASHINGTON – The League of Women Voters CEO Celina Stewart, Esq., issued the following statement in response to the Department of Justice’s actions to gather data on voters ahead of next year’s midterm elections:
“Voting officials and poll workers across the country have been the target of harassment and vitriol since the false claims of a stolen presidential election in 2020. The Department of Justice demanding state election officials share sensitive data on voters and have voting equipment inspected is another attempt to undermine the security of our elections. With every attempt to interfere in the constitutionally mandated election processes of states, our democracy weakens..."
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