Black Georgia lawmakers blast Trump panel on voting fraud


              In this June 30, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump waves as he arrive on Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport, in Morristown, N.J. Trump will make remarks honoring veterans at a Kennedy Center event on July 1, hosted by an evangelical megachurch. Trump is spending the weekend at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, but planned to briefly travel back to Washington on Saturday night for the “Celebrate Freedom Rally” at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
In this June 30, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump waves as he arrive on Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport, in Morristown, N.J. Trump will make remarks honoring veterans at a Kennedy Center event on July 1, hosted by an evangelical megachurch. Trump is spending the weekend at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, but planned to briefly travel back to Washington on Saturday night for the “Celebrate Freedom Rally” at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

ATLANTA (AP) -- Black lawmakers in Georgia are blasting President Donald Trump's election fraud commission for requesting extensive personal voter information.

Democrats who serve in both the state House and Senate on Thursday said there's no logical reason the federal government needs the information. They accused Trump of trying to scare people away from voting.

Rep. Roger Bruce of Atlanta said the request recalls Southern states' history of suppressing black voters using literacy tests or other steps.

Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp's office has said it will provide the state's registered voter file, which is permitted by state law. But it says that voters' birth day or month, social security or driver's license numbers or the location where someone votes aren't included.

The Georgia agency told the commission that the file costs $250.

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