Federal judge rules against Trump DoJ’s policy of collecting state voter rolls
Summary
A federal judge ruled that the Justice Department’s policy of collecting full state voter lists to compare with a federal immigration database was illegal. The judge said the policy broke privacy laws, risked removing eligible voters, and overstepped the authority given by Congress, which allows states to manage their own voter rolls.Key Facts
- The Justice Department’s policy collected unredacted (complete) voter rolls from states.
- This policy was meant to check voter lists against an immigration database.
- Judge Sparkle Sooknanan ruled the policy violated privacy laws.
- The policy risked wrongly removing US citizens from voter rolls.
- Congress has given states—not the federal government—the power to maintain voter rolls.
- The judge said the federal government cannot decide who can vote; that power is reserved for states.
- The ruling allows the federal government to support states legally but stops it from enforcing this policy.
- The same judge previously limited the administration’s ability to create a database of Americans’ information, but that earlier decision was temporarily paused by the Supreme Court.
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