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A minimum, is a huge invasion of privacy that this request is, this letter from the commission, but i think the bigger picture that's abundantly clear to a lot of us here at this conference is the problem starts at the top. donald trump says he's america first, but when it comes to elections and cyber security, he's clearly putting russia first. >> so, what is this about? is this about states' rights? you just mentioned russia. we have seen this request from the voting commission, unite republicans and democrats to push back on the data request. why, in an age of almost no bipartisanship, why ...

Packed edition of "meet the press." chuck todd will have an exclusive interview with lindsay graham, plus he'll talk with the chairs of the democratic and republican national committees. that's this sunday on your local nbc station. next, what is the goal of the white house's voting commission? i'll talk with one of its members, and with one of its critics. keep it right here.

This morning that goesz through all 50 states, cnn surveyed all 50 states, where do you stand on this. there's quotes from republican and democratic secretaries of state on the record saying they feel with indiana, you have a republican secretary of state, from mike pence's home state saying basically the voting commission is misunderstanding the rules. you can get publicly available information on a person's name, their address, and their congressional district and that is it. the idea that social security numbers, a whole batch of partial social security numbers or party affiliations will ju...

Election was unacceptable, because otherwise the russians will be emboldened and believe that there's no consequences going forward. you know, it's interesting that the president has downplayed the russian meddling but is moving full steam ahead with this voter fraud allegation which is baseless and asking for all of this information from the states. there's a national security issue here because there are reports that russia may have gone at the state level to interfere in potential voting, whether they were successful or not is not clear, but if -- the fact that this information is dispersed...

Kobach and his voting commission, and i quote, can go jump in the gulf of mexico. [ laughter ] mississippi not only said no, they said they can go jump in the gulf of mexico. that exact phrase was in the state's official response. even chris kobach himself as secretary of state in kansas, he doesn't intend to comply with his own request. he initially told reporters in kansas that of course he would send all this data. and then today he said okay, he is not going the hand over all the social security numbers, at least not yet. what do they want to do with all of this particular and personally i...