Homeland Security Retreats on Plan to Get Data on Mail-in Voters
The administration still plans to let states access federal citizenship data by June 30 as lawsuits challenge its mail-ballot crackdown.
- On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security walked back plans to share mail-ballot data with the U.S. Postal Service , reversing a previous notice suggesting the agency would integrate voter records to monitor ballot flows.
- President Donald Trump signed an executive order on March 31 restricting mail-in voting, claiming it combats noncitizen fraud; voting rights groups contend the directive constitutes unconstitutional election meddling.
- Justice Department lawyers stated in their Monday filing that data-sharing between the agencies remains contingent upon new USPS rulemaking and legal feasibility determinations, noting the prior plan was "no longer accurate."
- Despite the USPS data-sharing reversal, DHS still plans to provide states access to federal citizenship data by June 30, including a public portal for individuals to correct citizenship records ahead of the midterms.
- Analysts suggest the administration is attempting to satisfy the President's fraud claims while simultaneously playing a "rope-a-dope" legal strategy to prevent courts from blocking the order before full implementation.
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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…
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