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Worried about political violence, some want to scrub home addresses
POLK COUNTY, MINNESOTA, JUN 23 – Legislators and privacy advocates push for laws to redact home addresses and donor data from public records after shootings, with over 9,400 threats reported to Capitol Police in 2024.
- On June 14, 2025, shootings targeted two Minnesota lawmakers, Sen. John Hoffman and Rep. Melissa Hortman, and their spouses at their homes, sparking urgent safety concerns.
- These attacks exposed risks tied to publicly available home addresses, leading legislators to press Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold to redact such information from the TRACER database.
- Griswold complied by removing officials' home addresses after many Colorado elected officials requested the change amid growing concerns over violence and doxxing.
- In late 2024, the Federal Election Commission issued a unanimous recommendation urging Congress to amend disclosure laws to protect contributors' street names and numbers, while Heather Lauer of People United for Privacy called for permanent, broader reforms beyond case-by-case redaction.
- These developments suggest a shift toward nationwide privacy protections for elected officials and political donors to reduce harassment and threats linked to public disclosure of home addresses.
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Editorial: Political violence, not political opponents, is the real threat
The shootings of two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses are the most recent reminder that political violence is on the rise. Elected officials, candidates and activists must dial back the heated rhetoric that recklessly inflames passions. Police responded swiftly and likely prevented even more deaths in Minnesota and neighboring states. The alleged shooter had a notebook with the names of other elected officials. The two lawmakers had l…
More states move to protect officials’ personal data after Minnesota attacks
A wave of state-level action is unfolding across the U.S. as lawmakers respond to the recent shooting of Minnesota legislators — one fatally — allegedly by a man who found his victims’ personal information online, according to court filings. The incident has reignited debate over data privacy laws and whether current safeguards for public officials need to be updated. Oregon enacts law to shield officials’ home addresses On Tuesday, Oregon Gov. …
Duluth News Tribune
How public should public officials be? Minnesota lawmaker shootings spark security, privacy debate
ST. PAUL — Conversations on the safety of public officials have surged following the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses on June 14. Secretary of State Steve Simon said Monday, June 23, that, “within hours” of the shootings, legislators reached out to his office and asked that their candidate filing information — including home addresses — be taken off of the secretary of state website. The same day, hours after the shootings,…
After Minnesota assassinations, N.J. lawmakers seek to shield their home addresses • New Jersey Monitor
The new proposal would add state lawmakers to the list of public officials whose home addresses are banned from publication. (Dana DiFilippo | New Jersey Monitor)A New Jersey lawmaker wants to bar the disclosure of state legislators’ home addresses after a gunman killed Minnesota’s House speaker and left another lawmaker critically wounded earlier this month. Assemblyman Chris DePhillips’ proposal would add legislators to the list of officials w…
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