PIERRE (AP) – South Dakota's Republican secretary of state, Shantel Krebs, won't share voter information with President Donald Trump's commission that's investigating alleged voter fraud in the 2016 elections, her spokesman said Friday.
The Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity on Wednesday gave secretaries of state about two weeks to provide about a dozen points of data. That request includes names, party affiliations, addresses and voting histories of all voters. It also includes birthdates, the last four digits of voters' Social Security numbers and any information about felony convictions and military status.
Krebs spokesman Jason Williams said in an email to The Associated Press that she "will not share voter information with the commission."
Several Democratic secretaries of state had already said they would refuse to share the data. Trump has alleged, without evidence, that millions voted illegally in the 2016 elections. Democrats and voting rights groups have called the commission a sham.
Much of the data the commission is seeking is public information in South Dakota – for a fee. The statewide voter registration file, which contains information from voter registration cards and voting histories, is available to anyone for $2,500 for an electronic copy or $5,500 for a paper printout. It can't be used for commercial purposes, but that doesn't include campaigns or polling.
Krebs is running for South Dakota's lone U.S. House seat in a state where Trump got 61.5 percent of the vote, and where registered Republicans outnumber registered Democrats by about 255,000 to about 169,000.
