--- title: Donald Trump Questions States Refusing to Release Voter Data description: More states are pushing back against President Donald Trump's Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity canonical: https://time.com/4843023/states-refuse-donald-trump-voter-fraud-commission/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-01T14:27:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T16:24:51.740Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump Questions 25 States Refusing to Hand Over Voter Information og:description: 'What are they trying to hide?' og:url: https://time.com/4843023/states-refuse-donald-trump-voter-fraud-commission/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdcb5115fe0a77ead/6988d449656a3f101cbd0ae9/trump-kris-kobach.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Donald Trump Holds Weekend Meetings In Bedminster, NJ og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump Questions 25 States Refusing to Hand Over Voter Information twitter:description: 'What are they trying to hide?' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdcb5115fe0a77ead/6988d449656a3f101cbd0ae9/trump-kris-kobach.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'What Are They Trying to Hide?' President Trump Questions 25 States Refusing to Hand Over Voter Information by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Jul 1, 2017 2:27 PM UTC  Donald Trump and Kris Kobach, Kansas secretary of state, shake hands following their meeting with president-elect at Trump International Golf Club in November 2016. Donald Trump and Kris Kobach, Kansas secretary of state, shake hands following their meeting with president-elect at Trump International Golf Club in November 2016.Drew Angerer—Getty Images by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Jul 1, 2017 2:27 PM UTC More states are pushing back against President Donald Trump’s [Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity.](http://time.com/4736959/voter-fraud-trump-matthew-masterson/) As of Friday, 25 states have refused to give partial or full requested information, [according to the Washington _Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/trumps-voting-commission-asked-states-to-hand-over-election-data-theyre-pushing-back/2017/06/30/cd8f812a-5dce-11e7-9b7d-14576dc0f39d%5Fstory.html?hpid=hp%5Fhp-top-table-main%5Fvoterintegrity-625pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm%5Fterm=.4e6ba0f94bfb). Some states cited state laws prohibiting them from releasing certain voter information, while others opposed the information request due to the nature of the commission itself, the _Post_ reported. Trump tweeted about the subject Saturday morning writing, “Numerous states are refusing to give information to the very distinguished VOTER FRAUD PANEL. What are they trying to hide?” Trump’s commission on voter fraud asked each state to provide personal data on all registered voters going back to 2006. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/881137079958241280) [California, New York and Virginia](http://time.com/4840695/trump-voter-fraud-commission-personal-data/) were the first states to balk at the request. Mississippi’s Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann [gained attention for his statement](http://time.com/4842882/mississippi-donald-trump-voter-fraud-delbert-hosemann/) on refusing to provide the information. “They can go jump in the Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi is a great state to launch from,” Hosemann, a Republican, said Friday. “Mississippi residents should celebrate Independence Day and our state’s right to protect the privacy of our citizens by conducting our own electoral processes.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4843023/states-refuse-donald-trump-voter-fraud-commission/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4843023/states-refuse-donald-trump-voter-fraud-commission/"},"headline":"'What Are They Trying to Hide?' 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