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Posted: 2017-07-04T16:12:35Z | Updated: 2017-07-07T20:12:14Z

More than 40 states and the District of Columbia are refusing to hand over personal voter information to a new White House commission on voter fraud, which was formed last month in the wake of President Donald Trump s unsubstantiated claims that millions voted illegally in last years presidential election.

Many states flatly said they would not comply with the administrations request for sensitive voter information, including birth dates, Social Security numbers, drivers license numbers, and email addresses. Other states , however, said they were willing to do the bare minimum to comply with the request by only providing voter information that was already available to the public.

In every state listed below, however, election officials from both parties are putting up some form of resistance to the Trump administrations demands for voter information. Some are pushing back against the commission despite the fact that they have yet to receive its actual letter requesting the information. Critics of the initiative fear the data will be used to create an inaccurate picture of voter fraud, a relatively rare phenomenon in the U.S.

Heres whos resisting the administrations request so far. (This list is being updated as more information becomes available.):

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nevada

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming