Virginia’s attorney general says DHS may have violated state election law after whistleblower report
Jones said DHS may have breached Virginia voter privacy rules after a whistleblower alleged staff used lookup tools to search for noncitizen voters.
- On Thursday, Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, warning that the department's search for election fraud "potentially violates several Virginia laws" and demanding the investigation cease immediately.
- An anonymous report published Monday by Democratic Senate leaders revealed that Department of Homeland Security staffers were directed to use state voter registration systems to identify "unlawful voters."
- Reviewing 40 individuals per day with about 12 minutes per person, agents may have broken state law, as Virginia Election Code requires users to attest under penalty of law that they are accessing only their own records.
- Jones also demanded that Mullin preserve all related records, including access logs, while the President Donald Trump administration continues to allege that noncitizen voting constitutes a significant source of fraud in November midterm elections.
- The Justice Department has previously sued to force the release of detailed voter data in 30 states and the District of Columbia, though it has not yet succeeded in those cases, complicating the current federal effort.
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RICHMOND, Virginia — Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones is demanding answers from the Department of Homeland Security after a whistleblower alleged federal employees improperly accessed state voter lookup systems while searching for noncitizen voters. Jones said Thursday that the activity could violate several Virginia election laws, including rules limiting access to voter information. In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mulli…
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