Letter to Oregon Secretary of State Dennis Richardson - Refuse to comply with Trump's Request for Voter Data

Letter

Dear Secretary Richardson,

I am writing to you today about the "Presidential Commission on Election Integrity" and its request for your views and recommendations about the integrity of the federal election process and also a significant amount of voter data from your office.

Although I am supportive of election integrity, and know that Oregon has some helpful examples such as vote by mail that should be considered, I share the concerns of constituents in Oregon and people around the country that sending the requested addresses, dates of birth, and partial Social Security numbers is extremely problematic and should not be done. I strongly urge you to join the growing list of Secretaries of State, including those from California, Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Mexico, North Dakota, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin, who have announced that they will refuse to turn over personal sensitive information to the Commission.

Oregonians value their privacy and security, and this Commission's request is alarming. It appears to be an attempt to find some kind of validation of claims that there has been widespread voter fraud, a claim that I know you have already refuted with regard to Oregon in a January 27, 2017 letter to President Trump.

Finally, even though the Commission states that it has a "secure" site for receiving the requested material, such a large compilation of voter data will be an obvious target for hackers.

Again, I strongly urge you to stand with Oregonians and refuse to compromise their security and privacy to further a misguided attempt to prove an outlandish claim of voter fraud. I look forward to your prompt response.

Respectfully,

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