COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) – The U.S. Department of Justice and staff from the State Election Commission are now set to meet Wednesday morning, after weeks of back-and-forth, to discuss the request of voter list data from the South Carolina Election Commission.

In August, the DoJ formally requested voter list data from the South Carolina Election Commission, which includes the last four digits of all state voter’s social security numbers and driver’s license numbers.

The State Election Commission at first received the deadline of August 21, and now the DoJ said they have until September 5 to get lists of all this information to the federal government.

This matter has to do with all South Carolina voters, which the Election Commission said is around 3.4 million voters.

“Clean voter rolls and basic election safeguards are requisites for free, fair, and transparent elections,” said the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, Harmeet K. Dhillon. “The DoJ Civil Rights Division has a statutory mandate to enforce our federal voting rights laws, and ensuring the public’s confidence in the integrity of our elections is a top priority of this administration.”

South Carolina is not the only state that received this request; several other states were also asked to submit similar data. Some have reportedly pushed back, saying it is against state laws and is an invasion of privacy, while others are reviewing the legal basis for the request.

“I am always concerned about anything that discourages people from voting. There is the potential that people will be fearful of voting,” said Lynn Teague from League of Women Voters.

Watch the full interview at the link above.