I am NOT making this up.
Kris Kobach refuses to comply with Kris Kobach's request.Back in May, if you were paying attention, Trump appointed Kansas' Secretary of State Kris Kobach to head a commission to investigate the allegations of voter fraud in the past election.
Well, last week, Kobach sent a request to the states for voter information. The names, addresses, date of birth, party affiliation, and last four digits of their Social Security numbers (among other info) for all registered voters. Many states immediately protested, saying they could not by their own state laws comply with this request. Others pointed out quite rightly that the database the federal government was using wasn't secure, and was too weak to properly identify duplicate registrations (it didn't account for middle names, or "Sr." and "Jr.", among other problems). Others noted that the only reason you could want party affiliation was if you were looking to suppress votes of the "wrong" party.
Last time I checked, something like 40 of the 50 states said they weren't going to comply with the request, for the various reasons cited above.
Including Kansas, where Kris Kobach is still the Secretary of State, and in charge of that state's voter rolls. He wont' comply with his own request because "the Social Security Number is not publicly available". He'll provide the rest of the information, though.
But still......