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To: The Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity
From: Alvin A. Jaeger, North Dakota Secretary of State // Avy aa
Date: September 5, 2017 7
Re: North Dakota ~ response to voter data request
In your letters dated June 28, 2017 and July 26, 2017, you requested certain voter information be
supplied to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity
The state of North Dakota is unable to provide the requested information for two reasons: (1)
North Dakota does not register voters for voting purposes; and (2) state law does not allow the
information maintained in the Central Voter File to be shared except with certain individuals and
groups and for a specific limited purpose,
Information in the Central Voter File is only available to candidates, political parties, and political
committees, as defined in N.0.C.C. § 16.1-02-15, and may only be used for election-related
purposes. The Commission does not qualify as an eligible recipient. In addition, the state's,
Central Voter File is a record of individuals who have voted in prior elections and is not a list of
those eligible to vote in a future election. Also, it does not maintain @ voter's political party
designation or sociat security number.
Concemed citizens have contacted this office asking us to not provide tax information or
information regarding which votes were cast by each citizen. This office has assured these
individuals that the Centrat Voter File does not contain tax information, social security numbers,
or a record of which vote was cast by which voter since voting is conducted by secret ballot, which
‘would make it information that could not be provided by this office.
Although North Dakota is unable to provide the requested voter data, | encourage the Commission
to publicly state how it wil analyze the data it does receive and how it will arrive at its findings and
recommendations. Wil the Commission be utilizing a program similar to those that a number of
slates already use to compare voter data, such as the Kansas Crosscheck or the Electronic
Registration Information Center system, to conduct its review of the data provided by other states?
If metches are found in the data, whet, if anything, will be done with the information discovered?
The integrity of the election process is essential and it is my sincere hope that the Commission
will abide by its stated goal of improving the voting process.