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Al Schmidt: “We responded to that letter, declined the demand. We cannot…”

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

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Non-Citizen Voting | On The Issues

Published | Video Starts at 01:33

The earlier letter demanded that Pennsylvania and many other states turn over their voter rolls in a way that included what's called personally identifiable information. That's your Social Security number, that's your driver's license number of nearly 9 million Pennsylvania's. We responded to that letter, declined the demand. We cannot provide that information to the federal government. And then the Department of Justice sued Pennsylvania 1, as did 16 other states where there have been federal court decisions related to this issue. (01:33–01:43)

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