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In bid for voter data, Trump’s DOJ lays groundwork to undermine confidence in midterms

The U.S. Department of Justice sued 29 states and the District of Columbia seeking unredacted voter rolls that include driver's license numbers and partial Social Security numbers ahead of 2026 primaries.
President Donald Trump has prioritized identifying noncitizen voting, and the Justice Department said detailed personal data was necessary to maintain accurate voter rolls. In early February, Trump demanded Congress pass proof-of-citizenship voter registration and strict voter ID rules.
Two states, Alaska and Texas, provided voter rolls after signing memoranda of understanding with the department. Texas previously ran its roll of more than 18 million voters through Homeland Security's SAVE program, identifying 2,724 potential noncitizens.
The Justice Department has lost three lawsuits this year and filed emergency motions in California, Michigan and Oregon. DOJ requested all Michigan appeal documents by April 1, but Michigan responded on March 6 that only 35 days would remain before the pre-primary blackout period.
Democratic election officials and some Republicans condemned the requests as an invasion of voter privacy and expressed mistrust of federal use. Federal law bars significant voter purges within 90 days of elections, and experts said the noncitizen problem appears limited nationwide.

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In bid for voter data, Trump’s DOJ lays groundwork to undermine confidence in midterms

The U.S. Department of Justice has begun connecting its push to obtain sensitive personal data on millions of voters to whether the upcoming midterm elections will be fair and secure, laying the groundwork for the Trump administration to potentially cast…

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