Tennessee Secretary Of State To Trump Voter Commission: No

NASHVILLE, TN — Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett announced Friday he will not comply with a request for voter information made by President Donald Trump's voter fraud investigation commission.

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the vice-chairman of the Presidential Advisory Commission on ElectionIntegrity, sent a letter Wednesday to state election officials Wednesday asking for answers to seven questions and asking that states share the name, address, date of birth, last four digits of their Social Security number, voter history and political party affiliation of all registered voters. (For more updates on this story and free news alerts for your neighborhood, sign up for your local Middle Tennessee Patch morning newsletter.)

Citing state law, Hargett posted his refusal on Twitter Friday.

Hargett is not the first official to refuse the request, but the former Republican state representative is one of the few GOP-affiliated officials to do so, though his statement was less strongly worded than that of fellow Republican Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann of Mississippi:

Trump has repeatedly and without evidence said that "millions" of people voted illegally in the 2016 presidential election, which he won. Hargett's office said there were 42 complaints of various voting violations in 2016.

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