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Democrats sue Trump, DOJ over effort to remove voters from state rolls
The lawsuit says federal officials used flawed noncitizen lists to pressure states to purge voters and threatened legal action if they refused.
- On October 20, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries sued the Trump administration in federal court, alleging that federal efforts to remove noncitizens from voter rolls rely on "shoddily compiled" lists.
- The legal challenge asserts that the Executive Branch lacks authority to "superintend state voter list maintenance," arguing that the United States Constitution and the Voting Rights Act reserve these powers for the states.
- Plaintiffs cite data discrepancies in Nevada, where Homeland Security initially flagged nearly 16,000 potential noncitizens before narrowing the list to 185; officials later "failed to substantiate even that" assertion after determining those individuals appeared to be citizens.
- In California, more than 25 percent of 20,000 individuals flagged as likely noncitizens were actually born in the United States, bolstering claims that the administration's removal demands rely on inaccurate data.
- Attorney General Todd Blanche stated "State-facilitated voter fraud is unacceptable," while the lawsuit asks the court to block federal officials from continuing to issue threats or forcing states to remove registered voters from their rolls.
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