Trump Administration's Voter Roll Requests
The Department of Justice has sent requests for voter rolls to most states and has sued when states declined to provide them.
The U.S. Postal Service has warned that time is growing short to make changes for the midterms.
Trump asserts there are 250,000 noncitizen voters in just four states, but the numbers don’t add up.
FEMA says states that receive one of its largest grants must switch to paper ballots and run their voter rolls through a controversial federal data tool.
The state and the federal government have been at odds over election issues since the beginning of the Trump administration.
The Department of Justice could now appeal the ruling, as it has in other states.
A federal court upheld a decision that Michigan did not need to turn over its unredacted voter rolls to the Department of Justice.
Several states have used the revamped database to verify voters’ citizenship, but the judge said this threatened their privacy and voting rights.
The Department of Homeland Security is looking into Clerk Anthony Forlini’s claims that noncitizens voted in Michigan elections.
The ruling marks a defeat for the Trump administration as it seeks to obtain more information about voters around the country.
President Donald Trump’s administration has sued 30 states for not handing over voter data, but its arguments have been repeatedly rejected in federal court.
So far, 12 states have voluntarily shared their full voter rolls with the Department of Justice.
New emails raise questions about whether Heap is coordinating with federal officials as they seek to investigate past elections and obtain voter information in Arizona.
The department contacted at least three counties to request detailed records about individual voters. A representative told one election official “all 254 counties will be contacted.”
A faster appeals court and its conservative makeup could make Michigan the test case in the DOJ’s fight over access to voter rolls.
Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and Attorney General Kris Mayes — both Democrats — warned local officials not to give full voter rolls to the feds as they probe the 2020 election in Arizona.
Three of the Department of Justice’s 25 lawsuits over unredacted voter data have now been dismissed.
Texas shares entire voter registration list with the Trump administration
State officials say it would be illegal to turn over voters’ personal information to the federal government.
The DOJ has now sued at least 21 states in search of voter information that election officials say would be illegal to disclose.
The move could prompt a lawsuit, as the federal government has sued over a dozen states in its quest for unredacted voter rolls and other information.