Secretary of State Shenna Bellows Responds to Victory over DOJ

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows released the following statement in response to Trump-appointed Chief US District Judge Lance Walker ruling that the U.S. Department of Justice cannot force Maine to hand over personally identifiable voter data. Maine and Oregon were the first two states sued by the DOJ for refusing the Trump administration’s illegal order. 

“When I told Trump to jump in the Gulf of Maine, I meant it. This case was never about election security. It was about trying to bully states into handing over voters' personal data to an administration that had no right to it. I refused, I fought back, and Judge Walker saw right through the Trump administration’s intimidation tactics. And today, we won.”