Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley told Newsmax Friday that his organization is suing New Jersey to ensure that the Garden State is “going to be transparent” when it comes to its voter rolls heading into the November governor’s race.

“It’s very important that you have the states maintain their voter rolls,” Whatley said on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America.” “Actually, it’s a federal law that they have to clean their voter rolls every single year. So, we simply sent a letter out to every single state, including New Jersey, and said, ‘Hey, it’s federal law that you got to do this. When’s the last time you did it and what are you going to do to secure those rolls for this year?’

“New Jersey did not respond,” he said. “We sent them a follow-up letter. They did not respond. We sent them a follow-up letter. They did not respond. So, yesterday we filed a lawsuit and we’re going to go to federal court and we’re going to say, ‘Hey, you have to abide by this. You’ve got to clean up your voter rolls.’ We also sent a letter to the Department of Justice and said, ‘Hey, they are not following federal law. We think that you should take a look at this.'”

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