‘Unprecedented’: San Diego politicians blast DOJ subpoenas for local voting records – inewsource

‘Unprecedented’: San Diego politicians blast DOJ subpoenas for local voting records  inewsource

San Diego elected officials criticize Justice Department subpoenas for local voter records and call for transparency. Days after inewsource revealed the U.S. Justice Department had sent five subpoenas for voter records to local officials, a majority of San Diego County’s elected supervisors and members of its congressional delegation reacted to the news, calling the apparent federal fishing expedition “unprecedented” and “deeply concerning” with some calling for the subpoenas to be released. Many of the elected officials also reiterated that there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud. The subpoenas were sent to the county Registrar of Voters Office between June and Sept. 16. inewsource has filed a public records request for copies of the subpoenas and communications with federal authorities requesting voting records.

The county extended the response deadline to Oct.15 to consult with other agencies that have an interest in the disclosure of the records. We filed the records request to report on what the feds want — and what the county is giving them — during what experts say is an unprecedented investigation of the U.S. election system. In response to questions from inewsource, Registrar of Voters Office spokespersons said that the subpoenas generally sought information that the county is required to disclose under state and federal law like registration records and voting history but not how an