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In Pennsylvania, a partisan war is brewing over Republicans’ plans to subpoena voting records in an investigation into the 2020 presidential election — records containing driver’s licenses, birth dates, and the last four digits of the Social Security numbers of the nearly 7 million voters who voted.

Republicans on the State Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee on Wednesday approved subpoenas for all communications from the Pennsylvania State Department to county officials and materials related to the November 2020 general election and the May 2021 primary election.

Pro Tempore Jake Corman, President of the Republican Senate, who promised a “full judicial investigation” of the 2020 election, said voter information provided to as-yet-uncertain vendors will continue to be protected.

“Every step will be taken to ensure that this information is secure, including any vendor personnel signing non-disclosure agreements to ensure the data is punishable by law,” Mr Corman said in a statement. Said.

State Republicans said the investigation had nothing to do with former President Trump’s calls for an investigation, but publicly pressured Mr Corman to launch an investigation and threatened to fire him if Mr Corman did not cooperate.

State Attorney General Josh Shapiro, who is a Democrat, said he would stand before any subpoenas.

He expressed his concern that “private and sensitive information of voters is also requested”.

“To be clear, there’s no way we’re going to give Pennsylvanians private information through me to a mysterious company without them knowing,” he tweeted.

State Senate Democrats accused the GOP of a “grave of power” and said they would sue the Senate Republican group to block the investigation.