Critics Question Why States Share Voter Data With Leftist Groups But Not DHS

By: Breccan F. Thies | Commentary, The Federalist

Democrat senators claim it is an unconstitutional invasion of privacy that the SAVE America Act requires states to share voter rolls and requisite identifying information with the federal government in order to check for noncitizens, but many of their states already share the same data with left-wing third party organizations.

Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., argued against the bill on the Senate floor, stating, “States would be required to report their full voter rolls to Department of Homeland Security and certify that there are no non-citizens on their list. And the federal government can require, then, states to purge their voter roles of any suspected non-citizens.”

“The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights has said that DHS’s desire to turn the SAVE program into a de facto national citizenship registry raises significant civil liberties concerns,” he stated, appearing to argue against the federal government being able to know who is in the country illegally or which noncitizens are attempting to vote.

“Would you trust them with your name, address, date of birth, driver’s license number, and biometric information like height, weight, hair color, and eye color? The SAVE Act asks you to place that trust in them. I personally would not,” he added.

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