Sec. of State #ShennaBellows: #DOJ demand for #Minnesota #voter data shows #ICERaids tied to #elections

Lauren McCauley
Mon, January 26, 2026 at 9:02 AM EST

Excerpt: "Bellows, a Democrat running for governor, has twice rejected requests to provide the DOJ with sensitive voter data, including driver’s license numbers, partial social security numbers and full dates of birth, along with names of officials who handle the list’s maintenance, the number of ineligible voters the state identified due to noncitizenship and voter registration applications from specific time periods, among other information.

"The DOJ has argued the data is necessary to assess states’ compliance with the statewide voter registration list maintenance provisions of the #NationalVoterRegistrationAct.

"Maine is now among the states being sued by the federal government over its failure to comply.

"In a motion to dismiss filed last month, the state argued that the lawsuit should be discharged because the DOJ failed to support a valid legal case as to why it is justified to such information, and that its data requests violate federal privacy law.

"The motion also noted voter registration databases contain information about people’s choice of political party and in which elections they chose to vote, which are activities protected by the #FirstAmendment. Bellows and other secretaries of state have also raised concern about the federal government using voter records for citizenship probes.

"In a statement Sunday, Bellows said, '#Maine will never turn over our voter rolls as a ransom payment to get ICE to end its #unconstitutional assault on our state.

" 'Our founders designed a system where states and local governments, not the federal government, oversee elections to safeguard us from exactly this — a #tyrannical, #PowerHungry president trampling on our #ConstitutionalRights,' she wrote."

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/sec-state-bellows-doj-demand-140210738.html

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Sec. of State Bellows: DOJ demand for Minnesota voter data shows ICE raids tied to elections

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#tyrannical : unjustly severe in government

- French: tyrannique

- Italian: tirannico

- Portuguese: tirânico

- Spanish: tiránico

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#tyrannical : unjustly severe in government

- French: tyrannique

- Italian: tirannico

- Portuguese: tirânico

- Spanish: tiránico

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- Spanish: tiránico

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#PresidentMusk and Vice President #Trump's budding #dictatorship is a result of unregulated #Capitalism. Musk's money and Trump's greed is driving it all, with guidance from #Capitalist #Russia.

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#tyrannical : unjustly severe in government

- French: tyrannique

- Italian: tirannico

- Portuguese: tirânico

- Spanish: tiránico

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