OLYMPIA— On Monday, September 8, the Washington State Secretary of State’s Office received a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) requesting a full copy of the Washington state voter registration data within 14 days. Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs, and his office, assessed the request and ultimately decided they would not release the information until the DOJ specified what they plan to do with the data.

This request, which was signed by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, specified that the copy must include sensitive information including: the registrant’s full name, date of birth, residential address, and state driver’s license number or the last four digits of the registrant’s Social Security number.

Under Washington state law, full date of birth, drive

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