Federal Lawsuit Dismissed, CT Won’t Have to Turn over Voter Rolls

Lamont assures election security after judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit

Just days after President Donald Trump alleged there was widespread voter fraud and election interference, the Department of Justice (DOJ) lost a major court battle: a federal district judge ruled it cannot have access to Connecticut’s voter registration data. At the start of the year, the DOJ requested every state submit a list of not only registered voters—which is publicly available information—but also their Social Security numbers, voting h…

Federal lawsuit dismissed, CT won’t have to turn over voter rolls

CT Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas and Attorney General William Tong(Molly Ingram / WSHU)Connecticut will not have to turn its voter rolls over to the Trump administration. A lawsuit attempting to force their release, brought against the state by the U.S. Department of Justice, was dismissed on Friday.Last year, President Donald Trump's (R) administration asked all states to turn over their voter rolls — lists of who is registered to vot…

Judge: DOJ Has No Authority To Demand CT Voter Lists

The DOJ sought the release of voters’ full names, dates of birth, residential addresses, and either driver’s license numbers or the last four digits of Social Security numbers from Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas for its nationwide investigation into alleged non-compliance with voting requirements.