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Maine Voter List Privacy Law Quashed by First Circuit

Posted on February 3, 2024 by pogowasright.org

Allie Reed reports:

Maine’s voter file containing the names, addresses, birth years, and voting history of 1.1 million registered voters is a public record that can be reproduced despite the state’s privacy concerns, the First Circuit said Friday.

The National Voter Registration Act, which subjects records related to voter list maintenance to public inspection, overrides Maine’s law preventing people who obtain personal information from its voter registration system from republishing it online, the First Circuit said.

Read more at Bloomberg Law (sub. req.)

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