Homeland Security Retreats on Plan to Get Data on Mail-in Voters

Homeland Security retreats on plan to get data on mail-in voters

A voter deposits a mail-in ballot at the drop box outside the Chester County Government Center on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Photo by Peter Hall/Pennsylvania Capital-Star)The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is walking back, for now, a plan to sweep up data on millions of Americans who vote by mail under President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail ballots. In a federal court filing Monday night, the Justice Department significantl…

Trump Administration Moves Swiftly to Restrict Mail Ballots

A new order risks disrupting how tens of millions of Americans cast their ballots—about 30% of whom voted by mail in 2024.

Homeland Security retreats on plan to get data on mail-in voters - The Daily Chronicle

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is walking back, for now, a plan to sweep up data on millions of Americans who vote by mail under President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail ballots. In a federal court filing Monday night, the Justice Department significantly hedged the data-sharing plan, pulling back from a position the Trump administration advanced last week. DOJ lawyers now cast the idea as in the early stages and depen…

Trump administration swiftly moves ahead on plans to restrict voting by mail in the states - The Lexington Times

By Jonathan Shorman, Kentucky Lantern · June 9, 2026 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will allow states to access federal citizenship data by June 30 and plans to monitor the flow of mail ballots for signs of voter fraud, according to a court document. Amid a series of lawsuits, President Donald Trump’s administration is now moving to carry out a March 31 executive order restricting voting by mail ahead of the November midterm elections.…