Since the 2020 election, voting rights and election integrity have become prominent concerns in our country. Hoping to ease these concerns, groups like Voter Reference Foundation have worked to collect and release to the public voting rolls. After coming under fire for this in New Mexico, VRF has decided to fight back.

From Just the News. Voter Reference Foundation (VRF) is suing the New Mexico secretary of state and attorney general to ensure publication of the state’s voter rolls….

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The lawsuit alleges that Democratic Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver falsely claimed in public statements that VRF illegally published New Mexico’s voter rolls. Oliver has a history of refusing to release public voting records, according to the lawsuit, as she previously did so when former President Trump requested them in 2017.

 VRF NM Complaint.pdf

“The taxpayers of New Mexico pay for election administration, and they have an absolute right to view the records that are produced,” said Doug Truax, Founder and President of Restoration Action, which started VRF. “Confidence in American elections is at a low ebb, and one reason is a lack of transparency.”

Since VRF started in 2021, it has published the voter rolls of 22 states and Washington, D.C. so citizens have “the ability to view who is eligible to vote, when they voted, and other basic election data,” according to a press release….

The lawsuit claims that the state’s law regarding the publication of voter data violates both the First and Fifth Amendments…

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