President Trump has been blasted for requesting sensitive voter data as 41 states ruled out handing the information over.

So far just three states - Colorado, Tennessee and Missouri - have agreed, while three more are considering it and another three say they have not received the request.

Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh was particularly scathing in his refusal, calling the request illegal and 'repugnant'.

In total 41 out of 50 states say they will not comply with a request for voter information after Trump set up a commission to investigate his claims of fraud in the 2016 election

Brian Frosh, the Maryland Attorney General, said the request was 'designed only to intimidate voters and indulge President Trump's fantasy that he won the popular vote'

In a statement, Mr Frosh said the request was 'designed only to intimidate voters and indulge President Trump's fantasy that he won the popular vote'.

He added: 'Repeating incessantly a false story of expansive voter fraud, and then creating a commission to fuel that narrative, does not make it any more true.

'There is no evidence that the 2016 election in Maryland - or any other state - was compromised by voter fraud.'

The President has repeatedly alleged that millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 election, saying he would have won the popular vote had these ballots been discounted.

As the records stand, Trump lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton by almost 3million, the largest margin of any candidate who went on to win the presidency.

Trump has since piled pressure on states to comply with his request, accusing those who refused of 'trying to hide' something.

Only Colorado, Missouri and Tennessee have said they are willing to comply with part of the President's request, which was launched via executive order back in May.

Mr Frosh issued a statement on Monday, saying 'there is no evidence that the integrity of the election in Maryland - or any other state - was compromised by voter fraud'

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, vice chair of Trump's commission, penned the request for data including full names, dates of birth, party affiliation and social security information

Florida, Idaho and Nebraska were still considering the request on Monday afternoon, according to CNN, while Hawaii, New Jersey and Wyoming did not return the news channel's request for comment.

Seven states say they have yet to receive a letter from the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, but four have already ruled out complying.

Information being sought by the commission includes registrants' full names, addresses, dates of birth, political parties, the last four digits of their social security numbers, a list of the elections they voted in since 2006, information on any felony convictions, information on whether they were registered to vote in other states, their military status, and whether they lived overseas.

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, vice chairman of the commission, has said he is only requesting information if it is already publicly available.

Even the states that welcomed the request have refused to provide social security information, while others said they consider birth dates and party affiliations private.

Trump has piled pressure on states refusing to comply with the request - accusing them of 'trying to hide' something

Frosh is far from the only person to criticise the request.

Mississippi's Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, a Republican, told the commission 'they can go jump in the Gulf of Mexico, and Mississippi is a great state to launch from.'

Louisiana Secretary of State Tom Schedler, also Republican, added: 'My response to the Commission is, you're not going to play politics with Louisiana's voter data, and if you are, then you can purchase the limited public information available by law, to any candidate running for office. That's it.'

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, echoed Frosh's criticisms of Trump, saying: 'At best this commission was set up as a pretext to validate Donald Trump's alternative election facts, and at worst is a tool to commit large-scale voter suppression.'