US EditionNAACP sues to protect voter data
NAACP and allies requested court protection to prevent misuse of voter data seized by FBI from an elections warehouse, highlighting privacy concerns in election security.
- This week, the NAACP asked a judge to protect voter data seized by the FBI from the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center during a Jan. 28 search.
- The Justice Department has been pursuing unredacted state voter registration rolls as part of an effort to ensure election security, suing at least 23 states and the District of Columbia, with the Fulton County seizure situated within this broader push.
- The filing asks the court to impose reasonable limits on government use of seized data beyond the criminal probe and demands a detailed inventory and access disclosures, with a briefing schedule by Feb. 24.
- Fulton County has moved to seek the return of seized materials, arguing Tuesday that FBI evidence was "woefully short" of probable cause while federal courts in several states rejected DOJ record requests.
- Beyond privacy, the motion situates the seizure within a probe started by Kurt Olsen, citing President Donald Trump's remarks and filed by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law for NAACP national, Georgia, and Atlanta branches and Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda.
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NAACP seeks to block DOJ use of Fulton County election data
Civil rights groups are asking a federal court to block the Justice Department immediately from using election materials seized in a January raid of a Fulton County elections facility, warning that the data could be repurposed to build what they described as a “national voter database” of eligible voters. In a motion filed late Sunday, the NAACP and allied organizations argued that Georgia voters entrusted the state with “sensitive personal info…
"NAACP and voting rights groups fear misuse of seized Fulton voter data" #ELB
AJC: A coalition of voting rights groups have filed a motion to prohibit federal authorities from misusing voter information recently seized from Fulton County. The motion, filed in U.S. District Court in Atlanta, seeks to bar the government from using… Continue reading The post “NAACP and voting rights groups fear misuse of seized Fulton voter data” appeared first on Election Law Blog.
NAACP asks judge to protect against 'misuse' of voter data seized by FBI in Georgia
The NAACP and other organizations are asking a judge to protect personal voter information that was seized by the FBI from an elections warehouse just outside Atlanta.Georgia residents entrusted the state with their sensitive personal information when they registered to vote, and the Jan. 28 seizure of ballots and other election documents from the Fulton County elections hub breached that guarantee, infringed constitutional protections of privac…
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