Voter-fraud commission demands sweeping voter roll data from all states

Kris Kobach, vice chair of Trump's Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, sent letters to election officials in all 50 states requesting extensive voter-roll data, including names, addresses, dates of birth, party affiliation, the last four digits of Social Security numbers, felony records, military status, and voting history back to 2006. The commission was created to substantiate Trump's unproven claim that millions voted illegally in 2016. The request drew bipartisan alarm over voter privacy and the prospect of a federal voter database; ultimately 44 states and D.C. declined to provide some or all of the data, with some officials from both parties refusing outright. Voting-rights advocates characterized the effort as a pretext for voter suppression built on a debunked fraud narrative.