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Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro has issued a lawsuit against Republican state lawmakers, attempting to stop a subpoena for detailed personal voter information in a partisan review of the 2020 election, according to a report by Reuters.

The lawsuit, filed Sept. 23, states that the committee spearheading the election review — as well as state Sen. Cris Dush and Sen. Jake Corman — requested the information without cause.

"Giving this data away would compromise the privacy of every Pennsylvania voter — that violates Pennsylvanians’ constitutional rights," Shapiro told Reuters.

Attorney General Josh Shapiro | State of Pennsylvania

While the information being requested is intended for an election review, Shapiro says the subpoena seeks constitutionally protected information.

Jason Thompson, spokesman for Corman, responded to the lawsuit with the claim that it was preventing the Pennsylvania Legislature from "performing (its) constitutional duty of providing oversight of the executive branch."

In his lawsuit, Shapiro cited a lack of evidence to claims of widespread election fraud. In response, Reuters states that Dush said the review was “not aimed at reversing Trump's loss, but rather finding any flaws in the state's voting systems to inform future legislative fixes.”

Earlier in the month, Corman called for subpoenas of the Pennsylvania State Department after its members failed to appear before the Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee regarding an election audit hearing, according to a report by City & State Pennsylvania. 

At the time of publication, Corman did not respond to request for comment.