Trump’s voter fraud claims fuel fresh push for access to election data: report
Trump has long raised doubts about the electoral system, and continues to falsely assert his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden was due to fraud
The Trump administration and its allies are trying to obtain voter data from states and inspect voting equipment, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, in moves it said had caused concern among state and local election officials.
The Post said “the most unusual activity” was in Colorado, where it said a consultant who was working with the White House had asked county clerks whether they would let federal officials or a third party examine voting machines.
“That’s a hard stop for me,” it quoted Carly Koppes, a Republican clerk in Colorado’s Weld County, as saying. “Nobody gets access to my voting equipment, for security reasons.”
The newspaper said the Justice Department had separately asked at least nine states for copies of their voter rolls, and that at least two have turned them over.
The details of The Washington Post report could not immediately be confirmed. The White House and the US Justice Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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