Cultist Groups Are Pushing To Make Voter Rolls Public

The Associated Press reports:

A group has been impersonating government officials, harassing New York residents at their homes and falsely accusing them of breaking the law, state officials have warned. But what sounds like a scam aimed at people’s pocketbooks is actually part of a shakedown with a much different target: voters. State prosecutors have sent a cease-and-desist order to a group called New York Citizens Audit demanding that it halt any “unlawful voter deception” and “intimidation efforts.”

It’s the type of tactic that concerns many state election officials across the country as conservative groups, some with ties to allies of former President Donald Trump and motivated by false claims of widespread fraud in 2020, push to access and sometimes publish state voter registration rolls, which list names, home addresses and in some cases party registration. One goal is to create free online databases for groups and individuals who want to take it upon themselves to try to find potential fraud.

Read the full article. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows [photo below] is leading the drive to oppose the cultists behind this.

Several conservative groups are pushing to make voter rolls public in what they say is a crowd-sourcing effort to identify potential voter fraud. Election officials in some states are pushing back over concerns it will lead to voter intimidation. https://t.co/eee1olcsgg

— The Associated Press (@AP) October 4, 2023