Wendy Weiser

One thing that's really important for people to know is that actually the president has no role in running elections in our country.

In our country, elections are run by the states and 10,000 local jurisdictions across the country.

And the Constitution makes it clear that it is states that regulate federal elections.

Congress can pass laws overriding that, but the president has no role.

Election officials are doing what they always do, which is preparing furiously to ensure free and fair elections and planning for every possible disruption that might come their way.

The Trump administration has been trying to gather up

All of the sensitive voter information from the voter rolls across the country, the law requires states to maintain and secure that information.

And most states and most state officials, Republican and Democratic, have refused to turn over that sensitive voter information.

Isn't it also protected by U.S.

privacy laws, that data?

It is protected by state privacy laws.

And so most states have said, no, you cannot have that information.

There's certain amounts of voter file information that can be made publicly available or available for inspection.

The administration has actually sued now more than 20 states and D.C.

to try to get that.

And the courts have actually been backing up the states.

They have said the administration doesn't have access to the sensitive voter data.

They have no legal authorization.

This is a threat.

It is prohibited for there to be any troops involved.