← China's Acquisition and Exploitation of American Voter Data

Analysis on U.S. Voter Registration Information from 18 States

Intelligence summary/memoJul 10, 20266 pages18 States Memo - clean - declass mark_Redacted.pdf

Declassified by Counsel to the President Warrington 10 July 2026

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  • The PRC obtained voter registration data from 18 U.S. states containing personally identifiable information (PII) such as names, birth dates, home addresses, and political party affiliation, with plans to conduct 'U.S. Person Matching and Public Opinion Analysis'.

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  • One dataset contained information for over 8 million voters, including detailed PII like telephone area codes, historical voting records, military affiliation, and polling place names.

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  • The document states that the voter registration information could be used to evaluate/discover U.S. identities and to serve as a source for public opinion analysis on the U.S. General Election.

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  • PII on U.S. citizens' occupation and education background was noted as a priority for collection.

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9 sourced claims

Subject line: analysis on U.S. voter registration information from 18 states, with plans to conduct "U.S. Person Matching and Public Opinion Analysis" (p.1).

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Describes PRC obtaining voter registration data containing personally identifiable information (PII) that could be used to analyze, discover, and [OCR unclear: identify] the identities of U.S. citizens, and to conduct U.S. General Election analysis (p.2).

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States the entity obtained voter registration data from 18 states; data included voter names, birth dates, home mailing address, and political party affiliation (p.2-3).

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Named states (partial list as rendered by OCR): Alaska, Connecticut, Florida, [REDACTED], Maryland, New [OCR unclear], and references to a Carolina and other states [OCR unclear] (p.3).

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One dataset "contained information for over 8 million" [OCR unclear: voters/records] (p.3).

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PII types listed: first, middle, last name and suffix; date of birth; telephone area code, exchange, and last four digits; historical voting records; home and mailing address; military affiliation; political party affiliation; polling place name and address (p.3-4).

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Data also contained voter demographic PII; assessed the voter registration information could be used to evaluate/discover U.S. identities and to serve as a source for public opinion analysis on the U.S. General Election (p.4).

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Notes PII on U.S. citizens' occupation and education background was a priority for collection (p.5).

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Pages 5-6 largely redacted; page 6 is declassification stamps only (p.5-6).

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