Emails from her office say Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen has handed over confidential voter data to the U.S. Department of Justice, which has asked the state to remove, upon demand, any voters who may be deemed ineligible by federal officials. The apparent provision of voter data, as well as the federal government’s proposal to screen Montana’s voter list, was brought to light through a records request filed by Montana Free Press in November and fulfilled in early February.
