A resolution to block the sharing of election data with federal investigators–the first of its kind–authored by California Senator Henry Stern of Malibu was approved by the State Legislature. Senate Joint Resolution 11, passed on Sept. 15, asks other states to join California in refusing to share election data with President Donald Trump’s Election Integrity Commission.
The commission was created in May, to the dismay of election officials and legal experts, who have criticized the legality of such a group. The resolution is the first to outright challenge the commission from a state legislator.
“This measure is a rallying cry for other states to join a growing coalition of election officials, Attorneys General and civil rights watchdog groups in protecting the sanctity of electoral data by not yielding to the demands of this fraudulent commission,” the senator, a Malibu native, stated in an emailed press release.
The resolution is already in effect in California.