Al Schmidt: “Many other states, red and blue alike, have also declined…”

“And obviously there are security concerns with that as well. But fundamentally, at the end of the day, even if we wanted to, we couldn't. And that's our position so far. Many other states, red and blue alike, have also declined that demand from the Department of Justice. And I think we're up to five or six federal court decisions so far upholding states in their position in not providing that information to the federal government. The.” (07:10–07:19)

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