Report: Trump administration subpoenas election officials in at least 13 states for voter records

The Trump administration has issued more than 100 subpoenas seeking voter records across at least 13 states, including demands directed at state and local election officials in Philadelphia, Massachusetts, California, Minnesota and Washington state, according to a new Reuters investigation.

The news is the latest major escalation in the administration’s dangerous campaign to interfere with midterm voting and intimidate election officials and voters.

Most of the subpoenas identified were issued within the past three months, though some date to the beginning of the year, Reuters reported. At least 49 were issued through federal grand juries, indicating they are connected to criminal investigations.

The subpoenas range from demands for records on individual voters to requests for entire local voter rolls containing tens of thousands of names.

According to the report: 

• In Philadelphia, local officials confirmed receiving at least four subpoenas seeking voting records.
• Federal prosecutors have also issued grand jury subpoenas to at least eight Massachusetts cities and towns, including six that had not previously been reported. At least three sought complete lists of registered voters containing names, addresses, party affiliations, dates of birth, voting status and voter identification numbers.
• In Lynn, Massachusetts, prosecutors separately sought records on roughly 25 to 30 people, according to the city’s clerk and chief election official.
• In Minnesota, the administration subpoenaed voting records concerning dozens of people in Anoka and Hennepin counties. Federal prosecutors have charged at least eight people from the two counties with voting as noncitizens; those cases remain pending.
• At least 17 subpoenas have been sent to governments in California jurisdictions, including Los Angeles and San Diego counties. Previously unreported subpoenas were also sent to Marin and Fresno counties.
• Washington received roughly 60 federal subpoenas in recent weeks seeking information about individual voters.
• Election offices in Arizona, New York, Connecticut, Utah and Michigan also have received subpoenas

The Department of Justice did not immediately respond to Democracy Docket’s questions seeking confirmation of the subpoenas, the number of jurisdictions involved and the purpose of the requests.