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Oregon lawmakers are standing firm against the Trump administration’s escalating threats to prosecute state election officials, calling them baseless and intimidation tactics in a bid to force states to hand over sensitive voter data for a national database. With no evidence of voter fraud, Oregon’s top election official rejects the claims, while lawmakers decry the move as a “witch hunt” aimed at undermining vote-by-mail and disenfranchising voters. They warn the administration’s strategy—after repeated court defeats—threatens states’ constitutional authority to manage their own elections and could expose millions of voters to privacy risks. The lawmakers demand immediate cessation of these threats, asserting that election integrity must be protected through state-led systems, not federal overreach.

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