ANALYSIS-Trump Loses 21 Straight Court Battles for State Voter Rolls as Midterms Near
Judges across the country have rejected the administration’s requests for voter-roll data, with 21 losses since January and nine similar cases still pending.
- The Trump administration's effort to obtain state voter rolls reached 21 legal defeats this year when a judge ruled this week that states are not required to share records with federal authorities.
- Ahead of the November 3 midterms, President Donald Trump's administration has mounted an aggressive effort to expand federal oversight of elections, arguing that noncitizen voting benefits the Democratic Party despite independent studies finding it rare.
- On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss dismissed a Justice Department bid for Washington, D.C. voter rolls, writing that the agency must "lodge that objection with Congress" rather than pursue records through lawsuits.
- Critics and judges have characterized the department's broader campaign as a "fishing expedition," while the Justice Department has threatened to withhold disaster relief funds from states not using the federal SAVE database to verify citizenship.
- Appeals regarding 16 losses continue, with the department still pursuing nine similar pending cases and potentially asking the Supreme Court to intervene, though there is no guarantee the court would take them.
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