(The Center Square) — Maine’s top election official has rejected another request from the Trump administration to turn over the state’s voter registration data, criticizing the demands as a “fishing expedition” that would compromise voters’ personal information.

Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat running for governor in 2026, said her office has rebuffed new demands in an Aug. 18 letter from the U.S. Department of Justice to turn over information on Maine’s nearly one million voters. She said the requested data included “highly sensitive” information such as state drivers’ license numbers, partial social security numbers, and dates of birth.