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Orange County supervisors split over turning unredacted voter records over to DOJ
Summary
Supervisors debated whether to provide unredacted registration records for 17 individuals to the U.S. Department of Justice; a motion to direct the Registrar to hand over the records failed 2–3 after opponents cited state confidentiality laws and identity-theft risks.
A divided Orange County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 26 rejected a motion to direct the Registrar of Voters to provide unredacted voter-registration records for 17 named registrants to the U.S. Department of Justice, after a heated public-comment period and hours of legal and policy argument.
The motion, moved by Supervisor Don Wagner and seconded by a colleague, drew backing from members who said cooperating with federal investigators would help ‘‘clean the rolls.’’ Supervisor Wagner told colleagues, “We are being sued by the Department of Justice,” and urged cooperation so the county could resolve questions about registrations and avoid extended litigation. The motion failed on a roll call: 2 in favor, 3 opposed.
Registrar Bob Page told the board…
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