OLYMPIA — Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs responded to the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) request for all fields of Washington’s voter registration data today, September 21, but only the publicly disclosable information permitted under state law.

Earlier this month, on 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. At that time Washington Secretary of State 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

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