Scott Hardin, a spokesman for the Arkansas agency, said: “We are currently working to determine whether the requested information is eligible for release.” Many states got calls or emails similar to one from a Census Bureau official asking an Arkansas Driver Services official if she had time to discuss the bureau’s “new and exciting project.” Three more of the top five most populous states - Texas, Florida and Pennsylvania - are deciding how to respond.Ĭensus Bureau officials had no immediate comment. Two of the biggest states, California and New York, haven’t received requests yet.

It belongs to the people who it pertains to,” Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap said. “Philosophically, we believe the information in the database doesn’t belong to us. Republican and Democratic states alike have said no, citing privacy concerns and prohibitions in state law. Three states didn’t respond to multiple AP queries. Supreme Court rejected the Trump’s administration plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, and the president instead ordered citizenship data compiled through federal and state administrative records.Īt least 13 states have refused to share the driver’s license data, 17 are still deciding what to do, and 17 haven’t yet received a request, according to the AP survey.

In August, the bureau began requesting five years’ worth of driver’s license records, promising the information would be kept confidential.

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