u.s. president donald trump commission investigate possible election fraud monday put freeze effort collect sensitive voter data state face grow legal challenge email panel designate officer andrew kossack ask state elections officer hold submit data commission say court file several state elections officials confirm receive letter panel state would provide instructions federal judge rule complaint file watchdog group electronic privacy information center epic seek temporary restrain order early monday american civil liberties union sue presidential advisory commission election integrity allege violations federal law require transparent government bipartisan panel lead vice president mike pence kansas secretary state kris kobach ask 50 u.s. state host voter data include birth date last four digits voters social security number u.s. state reject full compliance many call unnecessary violation privacy misadventure get-go massachusetts secretary state william galvin refuse give commission data say phone wisconsin elections officials halt plan inform commission could purchase 12,500 public voter data include social security number birth date put everything hold say reid magney spokesman wisconsin elections commission arkansas however already send limit batch publicly available data accord office secretary state mark martin court document government say would download information arkansas would instead delete representatives white house immediately respond request comment commission last week say would meet july 19 washington near white house monday critics cheer move express hope commission would permanently abandon efforts collect voter data commission effectively concede epic president marc rotenberg say phone state officials party election experts widely agree voter fraud rare civil right group call commission voter suppression tactic trump republican president create panel may follow claim without evidence millions people vote illegally 2016 election trump 's election panel put hold voter data request