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Lawsuit alleges DHS effort to collect detailed state voter data violates federal law
HSI reviewed 48.4 million independent records and 50.6 million Justice Department records while weighing undercover agents in the probe.
- A lawsuit filed Thursday challenges the Trump administration's sprawling effort to collect Americans' voter data from at least 47 states, alleging the Department of Homeland Security's probe violates federal law and privacy rights.
- Internal reports reveal DHS obtained tens of millions of records to investigate voter fraud, despite studies showing noncitizen voting is rare; HSI drew upon 50.6 million Department of Justice records for its "election integrity" investigations.
- DHS official Heather Honey obtained 48.4 million records through "independent sources," while HSI prioritized 26,563 records for "downstream vetting" with focus on Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
- On Thursday, the administration sued California officials, alleging they failed to review names of "likely" noncitizens and asking a judge to block counting those ballots for next month's elections.
- The League of Women Voters filed the challenge amid concerns of further extreme actions before Election Day; while the Supreme Court upheld states' rights to use SAVE, the administration continues facing legal setbacks.
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Lawsuit alleges DHS effort to collect detailed state voter data violates federal law
A new lawsuit challenges the Trump administration's effort to collect and analyze voter data, alleging it violates federal law.
·New York, United States
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Documents show DHS probed nonprofits, got millions of records in hunt for noncitizen voters
The Department of Homeland Security obtained tens of millions of unspecified records in a sweeping nationwide effort to find voter fraud, internal reports show, and weighed using undercover agents to investigate voter registration efforts by nonprofit groups.
·Annapolis, United States
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