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@PILFoundation lawsuit against @md_sbe to gain access to the state’s voter registration roll formally ended in a settlement today (Public Interest Legal Foundation v. Linda Lamone).

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“Voter registration data is subject to public inspection, no matter where you live,” @PILFoundation President and General Counsel J. Christian Adams @ElectionLawCtr said.

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“We are pleased to receive detail registrant information due to us under the Motor Voter law. We look forward to sharing future audit findings with proper authorities.”
@PILFoundation President and General Counsel J. Christian Adams.

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“Defendants shall process the Application and provide the Voter Lists requested on the Application to Plaintiff in exchange for the reasonable fee of $125 required of all applicants who seek similar data from the State of Maryland."

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"... the data provided to Plaintiff shall include the voters’ dates of birth and voting history for the 2018 Gubernatorial General Election, 2018 Gubernatorial Primary Election, 2016 Presidential General Election...”
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The initial complaint filed on December 16, 2019. The State notified @PILFoundation two days later that its application was denied because neither the organization nor its employees were Maryland registered voters.

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@PILFoundation sought relief under Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, which requires officials to make voter list maintenance documents like the voter roll itself available for inspection to the general public.
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