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Local election offices across the country are struggling to manage a sharp rise in the number of public records requests, and extensive requests coming from Local Labs in at least five states have stymied election officials, according to a Votebeat review of hundreds of records requests, as well as interviews.

In North Carolina, Local Labs wanted obscure voter records that would take weeks, or even months, to prepare. In Georgia, the company requested a copy of every envelope voters used to mail in their ballots. And in dozens of counties across the U.S., Local Labs asked for the address of every midterm ...

Local Labs – which calls its work both political research and journalism – is demanding voters’ details across the country to back claims of election fraud

Local Labs is behind a deluge of election-related public records requests across the U.S., most recently partnering with the Trump-aligned America First Policy Institute.

In North Carolina, Local Labs wanted obscure voter records that would take weeks, or even months, to prepare. In Georgia, the company requested a copy of every envelope voters used to mail in their ballots

State law now requires voters to have a valid photo ID if they plan to cast their ballot during upcoming elections.