US EditionInternal Documents Shed Light on Trump’s Crusade to Vet State Voter Rolls
The suit says DOJ lacks authority to build a national voter database and wants the court to delete sensitive data already collected from states.
- On Tuesday, Common Cause and other voting rights organizations filed a federal lawsuit in the District of Columbia to block the Justice Department from collecting and analyzing sensitive state voter lists, including driver's license and Social Security numbers.
- The Justice Department has been attempting to check state voter rolls against the Department of Homeland Security's Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements database to identify noncitizens, a strategy federal judges have repeatedly rejected as a 'fishing expedition.'
- Critics argue the administration is building an unauthorized national voter registration database, creating security risks for millions of Americans while usurping powers that the Constitution and federal statutes vest in the states.
- "We won't stand by while Americans' rights to privacy and voting are under attack," Virginia Kase Solomón, Common Cause president and CEO, said, calling the effort a "blatant, partisan power grab."
- As the Justice Department appeals recent losses in five states, President Trump continues pressuring Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, which would implement similar citizenship verification requirements and consolidate federal oversight of elections.
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Internal documents shed light on Trump’s crusade to vet state voter rolls
The Trump administration has been working for nearly a year on an effort to weed out noncitizens from voter rolls using a faulty data system while keeping those plans hidden from courts and Democratic election officials, internal Justice Department communications obtained by CNN show.
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The Sugar Maple Square poll in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on primary Election Day, May 21, 2024. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Austin Anthony)The Department of Justice’s stated reason for obtaining sensitive personal data on millions of voters masks the Trump administration’s true intention for obtaining state voter lists, Michigan’s top election official asserted in federal appeals court Monday. Attorneys for Michigan Democratic Secretary of State J…
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The Sugar Maple Square poll in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on primary Election Day, May 21, 2024. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Austin Anthony)The Department of Justice’s stated reason for obtaining sensitive personal data on millions of voters masks the Trump administration’s true intention for obtaining state voter lists, Michigan’s top election official asserted in federal appeals court Monday. Attorneys for Michigan Democratic Secretary of State J…
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