{"id":40538,"date":"2025-09-03T11:30:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T15:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/09\/03\/trump-doj-demands-sc-voter-data-election-commission-faces-pressure-over-privacy-concerns\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T11:30:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T15:30:04","slug":"trump-doj-demands-sc-voter-data-election-commission-faces-pressure-over-privacy-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/09\/03\/trump-doj-demands-sc-voter-data-election-commission-faces-pressure-over-privacy-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump DOJ Demands SC Voter Data | Election Commission Faces Pressure Over Privacy Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8usCYLAMk8k?cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>The South Carolina Election Commission is facing intense scrutiny after receiving a request from the Trump administration\u2019s Department of Justice to turn over sensitive voter data \u2014 including partial Social Security and driver\u2019s license numbers \u2014 for 3.4 million registered voters.<\/p>\n<p>State officials have been granted several extensions but must decide by Friday whether to comply. The DOJ\u2019s stated goal: verify citizenship and combat alleged illegal voter registration. But critics say the move could erode voter trust and threaten privacy.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Henry McMaster supports the request, while civil rights advocates and some lawmakers warn it could suppress voter participation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South Carolina Election Commission is facing intense scrutiny after receiving a request from the Trump administration\u2019s Department<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":40539,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upstate-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}