Judge tosses Trump administration lawsuit seeking Arizona voter data
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit from the Trump administration seeking Arizona's voter registration files, stating the Justice Department failed to show a legal right to the data. Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and Attorney General Kris Mayes praised the decision, vowing to protect voters' private information.
A federal judge has dismissed the Trump administration's lawsuit seeking Arizona's voter registration files. The ruling is one of several legal defeats for the federal government in its effort to obtain voter data from states. U.S. District Judge Susan Brnovich, a Trump appointee, stated the Justice Department failed to show a legal right to the data. The federal government has sued 30 states and lost in at least five of them. Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and Attorney General Kris Mayes praised the decision, saying they would protect residents' private information. The voter database contains sensitive personal information of millions of Arizona voters, including home addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security and driver's license numbers.
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