South Carolina Democratic Party Sues States Over Requirement of Disclosure of Entire Social Security Number to Register to Vote

On November 25, the South Carolina Democratic Party filed a federal lawsuit against the law that requires voter registration applicants to disclose their entire social security number.  South Carolina Democratic Party v Andino, 3:19cv-3308.  The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge J. Michelle Childs, an Obama appointee.

The 1975 federal privacy act bars states from requiring the full social security number, but the law doesn’t apply if a state was doing that before that act took effect.  The only other states with such a requirement for all voter registration applications are Tennessee and Virginia.  The lawsuit depends on the First and Fourteenth Amendments.  Thanks to Rick Hasen for this news.


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South Carolina Democratic Party Sues States Over Requirement of Disclosure of Entire Social Security Number to Register to Vote — 4 Comments

  1. The federal government should issue ID’s, which could be used for voting, employment, etc. When a person changes their domicile, they would be automatically registered to vote in the new locastion.

  2. Social Security Numbers were never supposed to be used for identification purposes, and it actually used to say that on the back of the cards. There’s actually no law that mandates that American citizens have to obtain or use Social Security Numbers, and the only thing that Social Security Numbers are mandatory for is participating in government welfare programs.

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