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Voting rights groups sue DHS over its mass collection of state voter data

League of Women Voters, EPIC and LULAC say DHS secretly gathered voter files from 47 states and plans to merge them with commercial data, violating federal privacy law.

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What to know

  • Lawsuit filed Oct. 15 in D.C. federal court alleges DHS obtained voter files from at least 47 states, even though 30 states refused to comply.
  • Complaint says DHS plans to merge voter data with commercial datasets, which plaintiffs argue violates federal privacy safeguards and disregards states' constitutional authority over elections.
  • The suit was filed the same day the administration sued California over its review of 20,000 names flagged as 'likely' noncitizens, seeking to block counting of their mail ballots for the midterms.
  • California's secretary of state's office says it had only 48 hours to review the names and that DOJ offered no evidence to back its claims.

Donald TrumpDonald Trump PresidentDepartment of Homeland SecurityDepartment of Homeland Security Federal agencyLeague of Women Voters Lead plaintiffElectronic Privacy Information Center Co-plaintiffLeague of United Latin American Citizens Co-plaintiffCalifornia Secretary of State's office Defendant in separate DOJ suit

Voting rights groups sue DHS over its mass collection of state voter data
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    California officials say DOJ gave no evidence, little time

    California's secretary of state's office said it was given just 48 hours to review the 20,000 flagged names and that the Justice Department provided no evidence to substantiate its noncitizen claims.

    • marcelias.bsky.social

      🚨BREAKING: Pro-voting groups sue the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), challenging the Trump administration’s “policy of collecting, maintaining, and using” voter data in pursuit of alleged voter fraud.

      marcelias.bsky.socialBluesky12h ago5.0k▲view on Bluesky ↗
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    Administration sues California over noncitizen voter rolls

    The same day, the Trump administration sued California election officials, alleging they failed to quickly review 20,000 names the federal government flagged as 'likely' noncitizens, and asked a judge to bar the state from counting those people's mail ballots next month.

  3. background

    Voting-rights groups sue DHS to block and delete the data — The League of Women Voters, the Electronic Privacy Information Center and the League of United Latin American Citizens ask the court to declare DHS's collection illegal, block the policy, and order DHS to delete and stop using the voter information it has already gathered.

  4. background

    Lawsuit details DHS's secret voter-data collection effort — A 42-page complaint filed in D.C. federal court alleges DHS has obtained voter files from at least 47 states, even though 30 states refused to hand them over, and plans to combine the data with commercial datasets in violation of federal privacy safeguards.

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  1. 5 outlets Lawsuit alleges DHS effort to collect detailed state voter data violates federal law

    first by Orlando Sentinel, 15h ago · also Mercury News, Baltimore Sun, Philadelphia Inquirer, Associated Press

and 1 smaller piece