Matthew Dunlap

Maine's secretary of state is joining a bipartisan group of his peers on a visit to Israel to learn about cybersecurity.

Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap is suing the Trump administration for documents compiled from the president's now defunct voter fraud commission.

The Department of Justice is attempting to block Dunlap's receipt of working papers from the voter fraud commission, of which Dunlap was a member.

A federal judge already said Dunlap is entitled to the documents, but the Justice Department says that because the commission is dissolved - and Dunlap is no longer a member - the documents should remained sealed.

PORTLAND, Maine - A civil rights group says President Donald Trump's voter fraud commission has violated federal public records law.
 
The Portland Press Herald reports that the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law says members of the Election Integrity Commission have used personal email accounts for official work which violates the Presidential Records Act. The nonprofit has an ongoing lawsuit against the commission.
 

AUGUSTA, Maine - While Maine officials have refused to share voter information with President Donald Trump's Election Integrity Commission, the state has made more than $30,000 over the past two years selling voter information.
 
The Portland Press Herald reports that the state sold a list of registered voters for $2,200 to government agencies and political groups such as party officials, lobbyists and ballot question initiatives.
 

AUGUSTA, Maine - In recent weeks there have been several fatal accidents in Maine involving drivers who have had their licenses suspended. In one case, the driver had never had a license.

Secretary of State Matt Dunlap says it's very difficult to get an accurate count of those driving after their licenses have been suspended, let alone stop them. 

AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap says the state's voter registration system, paid for with over $20 million in federal grants, now needs some replacement and maintenance. He says the central voter registry is a big improvement over the past.

"We used to have 503 different town voter lists," he says. "Some of them were hand written, some were, you know a whole multitude of electronic voter systems that did not talk to each other."