CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire voters put down their sparklers and picked up their phones on Independence Day to protest their personal information being sent to President Donald Trump’s commission on voter fraud. And for more than six hours, Secretary of State Bill Gardner himself fielded the calls, often from people who didn’t realize who they had reached.

“The phone was ringing all the time. Every single one that I talked to said, ’I don’t like the idea that it’s my birthdate. I don’t like the idea that it’s my Social Security number,’” Gardner said Wednesday. “I got a feel for where they’re coming from, and I get it.” | More…

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