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RNC asks states for details about their voter files, part of a larger effort to question elections

CHICAGO — The Republican National Committee on Tuesday launched a massive effort to probe voter registration lists nationwide amid a broader strategy to seize on voter rolls to question the integrity of elections. RNC sent public records requests asking for documents related to voter roll list maintenance to the top election officials in 48 states and the District of Columbia, asserting that the public should know how states are removing ineligible people from voter rolls, including dead people and non-citizens. “Voters have a right to know that their states are properly maintaining voter rolls and quickly acting to clean voter registration lists by removing ineligible voters,” RNC chairman Michael Whatley said in a statement. In 2024, six in 10 local election officials responding to a survey conducted by The Elections & Voting Information Center at Portland State University agreed with the statement that “unduly burdensome requests significantly impede my ability to perform my duties.” There have been attempts to challenge large numbers of individual voters based on flawed analysis.

Associated Press

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