Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom confirmed that the State of Alaska has provided the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) with a complete list of eligible registered voters in response to the DOJ’s request. The list was securely transmitted on Dec. 23.
“Alaska is committed to the integrity of our elections and to complying with applicable law,” Dahlstrom stated. “Upon receiving the DOJ’s request, the Division of Elections, in consultation with the Department of Law, provided the voter registration list in accordance with federal requirements and state authority, while ensuring appropriate safeguards for sensitive information.”
The DOJ requested an electronic copy of Alaska’s complete voter registration list to assess the state’s compliance with the list maintenance requirements of the National Voter Registration Act and other federal laws. The data provided included voters’ full names, dates of birth, residential addresses, and driver’s license numbers or the last four digits of their social security numbers. The transmittal occurred under a DOJ–Alaska Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that governs access to, use of, and protection of the data.
Alaska’s voter rolls have been notoriously over inflated with hundreds of voters still on the books despite moving out of state or passing away.
According to federal law, the National Voter Registration Act establishes the DOJ’s enforcement authority related to list maintenance.
In Alaska, the lieutenant governor oversees the Alaska Division of Elections and is authorized under state statute to provide confidential voter information to a federal agency, if that agency only uses it for government purposes authorized by law.
State and federal laws provide explicit limits on use and further disclosure of the voter list in order to safeguarding personally identifiable information while meeting federal obligations.
“Our role is to uphold the law, protect Alaskans’ data, and promote transparency in election administration,” Dahlstrom explained. “This action aligns with those responsibilities.”
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The Trump administration has requested electronic copies of statewide voter rolls from dozens of states in order to enforce federal election laws and ensure accurate voter rolls.
The National Voter Registration Act requires states to maintain voter lists by removing ineligible voters who have died, moved or are noncitizens.
DOJ officials, including Attorney General Pamela Bondi and Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon, have described the effort as necessary for “clean voter rolls” to prevent fraud, ensure only eligible citizens vote, and restore public confidence in elections.
Alaska’s voter rolls, however, have been notoriously over inflated with hundreds of voters still on the books despite moving out of state or passing away.
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Does this put Lisa Murkowski’s position in jeopardy? Hopefully so!
GET REAL NANCY! YOUR FULL OF YOUR DELAY TACTICS!
One vote on Election Day with ID.
How many deceased in Alaska put the whole legislative, congressional and the governor in office this present day? Did the request from DOJ ask for the deceased records and for how many years?
Real Alaskans can be Democrats. They can vote just as well as the GOP. Good luck.
There are more than “hundreds” of deceased and moved registered voters. At 113% of eligible age registration Alaska is firmly out of compliance with the 1993 NVRA. Lt. Gov. Dahlstrom had ONE job, made ONE promise. She failed at both & lost her bid for higher office. Now it’s up to the DOJ to bring the state division of elections into compliance. With mail-in ballots and the rigged Rank Choice Voting, our state is under mandate to rectify the registration and removal process. 3 election cycles to remove is ridiculous.
Kevin Myer told me He was going to do this when He and Dumbleavy were running together! And that never Happened! Why initially did Dahlstrom refuse to turn over the Voter information to the DOJ? And she is running for Governor.
JAIL TIME FOR THESE POS!!!
Yes Dave they all need to go!
Does Al constitution offer any guarantee of privacy? Is there a citizen suit against Nancy?
The Bush is where there’s an extraordinary voter turnover. Schools, City Administrations, Native Healthcare, fishing and so many other jobs are filled with a lot of two year contracts when they are hired from outside….
They sign up for the PFD at the start of the second year and they are automatically entered into the voter rolls…
The Bush is corrupt and always votes Democrat…. the math is easy to figure out, out here.
I am assuming that the “dirty” list was sent since as of the last election, I know for fact, the list had not been cleaned
I live in a bush town where I distribute weekly mail from our mail plane. Last General Election I received at least 7 extra ballots addressed to people who live south but have cabins here – I know some of them are trying to be “Alaskan residents” – maybe for hunting or cheap DMV, I don’t know. The good news is that I called them all and they all told me to tear up the ballots. But, boy did that make me sick. Is auto registration at DMV and PFD part of the problem?
Electioneering compliance? With all respect, this action should have been done by the state years ago. Case in point, I submitted a change for a voter to be deleted from the rolls a couple of years ago. My neighbor from a South American country died over 15 years ago in that country. He was about 95 and was living out of the US for almost a decade.
The Lt Gov was complacent and lacked assertiveness in leadership and duties to clear the rolls. Her office will blame the legislature, rightly so, but where was her lobbying to push for reform?