Federal judge rules against Trump DoJ’s policy of collecting state voter rolls

The government wanted every state's unredacted voter file and a judge asked under what authority. Turns out 'because we'd like to' isn't one.

Judge says justice department policy of checking state voter rolls against a federal immigration database is unlawful A federal judge ruled on Friday that the US justice department’s policy of collecting states’ unredacted voter rolls to check them against a federal immigration database was unlawful. In a 78-page ruling, judge Sparkle Sooknanan said the department’s list maintenance policy, adopted to comply with Donald Trump’s election integrity executive order, violated privacy laws and risked disenfranchising voters. Continue reading...

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