Sec. of State Bellows: DOJ demand for Minnesota voter data shows ICE raids tied to elections

By: Lauren McCauley

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: January 26, 2026

Words: 524

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago

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Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows is arguing that the U.S. Department of Justice’s demand that Minnesota hand over its state voter information as a precondition for ending immigration operations in that state underscores that the federal government is “inflicting violence in order to create chaos and control our states and elections.”

In a letter to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Saturday, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote the state could end the federal …

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