7th and 8th judges rebuff Justice Dept.'s attempts to get voter rolls from states
Summary
Federal judges dismissed two more lawsuits from the Justice Department seeking full voter registration lists from Maine and Wisconsin. These decisions mark the seventh and eighth times courts have rejected the Trump administration’s attempts to access sensitive voter information from states.Key Facts
- The Justice Department sued Maine and Wisconsin to get full voter lists, including personal details like birth dates and partial Social Security numbers.
- Chief U.S. District Judge Lance Walker and Judge James Peterson dismissed the lawsuits, citing legal limits on states’ obligations to share voter data.
- The judges ruled that federal laws like the Help America Vote Act and the National Voter Registration Act do not require states to hand over complete voter rolls to the Justice Department.
- The suits were part of the Justice Department’s effort to check if states were following voting laws.
- So far, the Justice Department has filed lawsuits against 30 states and Washington, D.C., all seeking access to voter registration data.
- The judges expressed concern about federal overreach and the balance of power between states and the federal government in overseeing elections.
- President Trump has pushed for more federal control of elections and has claimed there was widespread voter fraud, though no evidence has been presented.
- Previous attempts to get voter data from states including Arizona, California, Michigan, and others have also failed in court.
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