California voter rolls shielded as judge blocks DOJ data request
TL;DR
A federal judge in California blocked the Justice Department from obtaining California's voter rolls, ruling the DOJ lacks authority to use federal civil rights and voting laws to obtain the lists; the decision warns that centralizing such sensitive voter data could chill registration and turnout and could influence similar cases in other states as DOJ pursues the broader effort.
Topics:nationpolitics#california#court-decisions#politics#trump#us-department-of-justice#voting-rights
- Judge blocks Trump administration from getting California’s voter rolls washingtonpost.com
- Judge deals blow to the Trump Justice Department’s use of the Civil Rights Act to ‘clean’ voter rolls CNN
- A federal judge dismisses the DOJ's effort to get voter data from California NPR
- Federal court shuts down Trump DOJ bid for California voter rolls Democracy Docket
- Trump Administration Lawsuit Seeking California Voter Data Is Dismissed The New York Times
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