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Secretary of state responds to legislative subpoena, with pushback
Jacobsen’s office disclosed what voter data it sent to the Justice Department while disputing the subpoena and defending its privacy safeguards.
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Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen disclosed what voter-registration information her office sent to the Justice Department while objecting to a legislative subpoena. Committee members disagreed over whether her response adequately answered their questions about privacy and transparency.
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Montana Secretary of State responding to a legislative subpoena concerning voter-registration information sent to the Justice Department.
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ALSO MENTIONED Kelly Kortum, Montana representative who raised the idea of issuing the subpoena and criticized the response as incomplete.; Manzella, State Administration and Veterans’ Affairs Interim Committee member who supported Jacobsen’s response.; Marc Lee, Montana representative and committee vice chairman who said the response fell short of the subpoena.
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