A U.S. District Count judge on Monday denied a privacy rights group's motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to stop the collection of voter roll information on the part of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity.
A bipartisan project to fight election hacking has been launched at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, with Mitt Romney's and Hillary Clinton's former campaign managers playing key leadership roles.
The Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, led by Vice Chairman Kris Kobach, Kansas Secretary of State, had invited comments on its probe of voter fraud, in which the commission had requested a wide range of voter data from all 50 states.
Citing data from the State Election Commission, the Wall Street Journal contended that the high number of attempts could be an indicator that swing states were even more widely targeted.
Opponents of the commission fear the data gathered will be used to suppress votes. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., one of the lawmakers who introduced the bill, vowed the U.S. would not go backwards.
The Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity took to the court Monday, saying it will wait until a judge addresses the EPIC request for a temporary restraining order.
