Court blocks DOJ bid to obtain Rhode Island voter rolls
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A federal judge dismissed the Justice Department's suit seeking Rhode Island's unredacted voter rolls, calling the request a 'fishing expedition' and saying it wasn’t authorized by NVRA or HAVA; Rhode Island maintains the data are private, and this marks the DOJ's fifth defeat in its efforts to access state voter-registration lists.
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