Internal documents shed light on Trump’s crusade to vet state voter rolls
Internal documents reveal the Trump administration's efforts to vet state voter rolls for noncitizens using a faulty data system, sparking concerns of voter disenfranchisement. The administration's plans have been met with resistance from election officials and raise questions about the executive branch's authority over voting rules.
The Trump administration has been working to remove noncitizens from voter rolls using a flawed data system, according to internal Justice Department communications. The effort, which has been ongoing for nearly a year, involves requesting unredacted voter registration information from states and running the data through a citizenship verification system operated by the Department of Homeland Security. The administration's plans have been kept hidden from courts and Democratic election officials, with the Justice Department providing only vague explanations for its data demands. Election officials are worried that the administration will use the audits to pressure states to conduct flawed purges that disenfranchise Americans. The Constitution tasks states with running elections, giving Congress some room to regulate voting, but assigning no unilateral authority to the executive branch. Trump's administration is attempting to review state voter rolls, raising concerns about voter suppression.
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