Analysis-Trump Push for State Voter Rolls Rebuffed by Courts as Midterms Near
Democrats are winning legal challenges to the Trump administration's push to obtain states' voter rolls as the U.S. midterm elections approach. Federal judges in five states have dismissed Justice Department lawsuits demanding those states' voter rolls, including sensitive information like partial Social Security numbers.
As the U.S. midterm elections approach, Democrats are winning legal challenges to the Trump administration's push to obtain states' voter rolls. Federal judges in California, Massachusetts, Michigan, Oregon, and Rhode Island have dismissed Justice Department lawsuits demanding those states' voter rolls. The judges found that the federal government did not articulate why it needed the unredacted data to carry out oversight of state voting practices. The Justice Department has sent letters to nearly every state seeking their voter rolls and sued dozens of states that did not comply. The Trump administration is appealing three of its losses, and 25 similar cases are pending. The U.S. Constitution assigns individual states the role of administering federal elections.
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