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D.C. judge bars Justice Department from collecting state voter lists
Original: D.C. judge bars DOJ from gathering states’ voter lists to find noncitizens
A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has barred the Department of Justice from gathering states' voter rolls as part of its effort to identify noncitizens on voting lists. The ruling limits a DOJ initiative that had raised privacy and states' rights concerns. Reactions are split, with critics calling the Justice Department effort an overreach into election administration and supporters of the crackdown decrying the court's intervention ahead of upcoming elections.
Why now: The ruling directly affects a contentious federal push over election integrity and voter data privacy
Department of JusticeD.C. federal court
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- D.C. judge bars DOJ from gathering states’ voter lists to find noncitizens · The Washington Post
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