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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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  1. 2

    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.

    1. 11 outlets Democrats sue Trump over alleged voter intimidation campaign

      first by Axios, 18d ago · also Boston Globe, Mercury News, Philadelphia Inquirer, AP News, NBC News, Associated Press +4

      5 more headlines
    • democracydocket.com

      🚨 BREAKING: Democrats have filed a new lawsuit against Trump, asking a federal court to block his administration from: 🔺Threatening election officials with criminal prosecution 🔺 Pressuring states to remove voters from the rolls The suit comes just a week after Trump’s DOJ sued California.

      democracydocket.comBluesky18d ago9.2k▲view on Bluesky ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 11 posts in this stretch
    • PrivacyDigest@mas.to

      “Devoid of Any Factual Basis”: Again and Again, Judges Have Dismissed Trump’s # VoterData # Lawsuits The rolls contain confidential information on millions of Americans and have historically been managed by states. Now these lists are a major focus of President Donald Trump’s push to take federal control over # elections and prosecute alleged #…

      PrivacyDigest@mas.toMastodon20d agoview on Mastodon ↗

    • Trump can't take bribes as the president, yet he does all the time. Can't doesn't mean anything to him

      Gorthebonr/politics17d agoview on r/politics ↗
    all of them →
  2. 5 days quiet
  3. 1

    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.

    1. 6 outlets Lawsuit alleges DHS effort to collect detailed state voter data violates federal law

      first by AP News, 23d ago · also Orlando Sentinel, Mercury News, Baltimore Sun, Philadelphia Inquirer, Associated Press

    2. 4 outlets Democrats sue Trump administration over effort to clean up US voter rolls

      first by Baltimore Sun, 18d ago · also Washington Post, Yahoo, Bloomberg

      2 more headlines
    1 more claim →
    • 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.socialBluesky23d ago5.8k▲view on Bluesky ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 5 posts in this stretch

    • https://www. europesays.com/unitedstates/47 096/ Lawsuit alleges DHS effort to collect detailed state voter data violates federal law # ExecutiveBranch # Lawsuit # POTUS # PresidentOfTheUnitedStates # trump # VoterData # WhiteHouse # WhiteHouse &ExecutiveBranch

      UnitedStates@pubeurope.comMastodon21d agoview on Mastodon ↗
    • lucaswaldron.bsky.social

      New maps! "How Judges Eviscerated Trump’s DOJ Voter Data Lawsuits" for @propublica.org One judge (appointed by W Bush) said: "Clearly, this demand is devoid of any factual basis." projects.

      lucaswaldron.bsky.socialBluesky23d ago162▲view on Bluesky ↗
    all of them →
  4. 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.

  5. 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.

Also covered reported alongside — the timeline has no entry for these yet

  1. 2 outlets Trump admin sued over alleged illegal collection of sensitive voter data from 47 states

    first by Yahoo, 23d ago · also Fox News

and 4 smaller pieces

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