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Secretary of State backs collecting candidate demographic data but proposes privacy safeguards
Summary
The Secretary of State’s Office told the committee it supports collecting voluntary candidate demographic data in an aggregated, redactable system and proposed housing the data in the campaign finance system rather than on candidate consent forms to protect privacy.
The Secretary of State’s Office told the House Government Operations & Military Affairs Committee on March 12 that it supports collecting candidate demographic information — gender, age, race or ethnicity — but recommended changes to how the data are collected and stored to protect candidates’ privacy.
Hibbert and Sheehan proposed removing demographic questions from public consent forms and instead collecting the…
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