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Al Schmidt: “The federal government and Department of Justice sent a…”

Featuring: Al Schmidt, Republican | Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania Secretary Al Schmidt talks primary, Trump election efforts

Published | Video Starts at 06:32

Yes. Well, the president doesn't run elections in the United States, and the Secretary of State doesn't run elections in Pennsylvania. Our laws govern everything that we do. And The federal government and Department of Justice sent a letter asking Pennsylvania to provide sensitive information on our 8.8 million registered voters. That includes Social Security numbers, that includes driver's license numbers and all the rest. And we decline to do so. And we decline to do so because our laws don't allow us to provide that information to begin with. (06:32–06:47)

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