Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has rejected a second request from the U.S. Department of Justice asking for personal Maine voter data.

Maine’s top election official has rejected another request from the Trump administration to turn over the state’s voter registration data, criticizing the demands as a “fishing expedition” that would compromise voters’ personal information.

The Department of Justice says the detailed data is needed to ensure Maine is accurately maintaining its voter rolls. But Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, says the DOJ is overstepping its bounds as part of a "fishing expedition.

Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said Monday in a letter that she has ‘grave concerns’ about the Trump administration's second demand for about 1 million voters’ birth dates, addresses and other data.

In Maine, this is defined by displaying campaign materials within 250 feet of a voting place on Election Day or during absentee voting. This is a Class E crime, which is a misdemeanor and carries a penalty of up to six months in jail and a fine of up to $1,000.

The eclectic Democratic field in Maine seeking to end the nearly 30-year run of Republican Sen. Susan Collins includes a brewery owner, an oyster farmer and a former congressional staffer who was in grade school when the senator was first elected.

Maine's Democrat secretary of state Shenna Bellows admitted residents non-citizens are registered to vote in her state.

The State House is seen in Augusta, Maine on June 9, 2011. PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine can't enforce a voter-approved foreign election interference law that a federal appeals court said likely violates the Constitution by limiting political donations.