US EditionBondi seeks Minnesota voter rolls, welfare data to "help bring back law and order" in wake of shootings
- On Jan. 24, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi sent Gov. Tim Walz a three-page letter demanding access to Minnesota voter rolls, Medicaid and SNAP records, and sanctuary policy repeal to end Operation Metro Surge.
- The Justice Department had been pressing states for months to surrender data and sued Minnesota last year, while Operation Metro Surge deployed approximately 3,000 federal agents amid large Minneapolis protests and a second Minnesotan's death.
- Bondi argued DOJ access would confirm Minnesota's voter registration practices comply with federal law and target the state's vouching system, used for less than 0.6% of 2024 voters.
- Minnesota officials responded by refusing the data requests, with Secretary of State Steve Simon and Governor Tim Walz calling them unlawful; 31 other states have also declined similar demands amid ongoing DOJ litigation.
- Critics responded that the timing after fatal shootings made the request more inflammatory, as Bondi wrote, `I am confident that these simple steps will help bring back law and order to Minnesota and improve the lives of Americans`.
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Bondi presses Minn. for voter data as administration escalates pressure on blue states
For months, President Donald Trump’s administration has been trying to force Minnesota’s Democratic leaders to turn over detailed information about the state’s voters, including driver’s license numbers and partial Social Security numbers. State officials have said no. Now, Attorney General Pam Bondi is repeating those demands in a letter that also references the federal government’s aggressive deployment of immigration agents to the streets of …
Bondi’s injection of voter roll demands into Minneapolis ICE tensions draws claims of ‘ransom’
Attorney General Pam Bondi’s demand that Minnesota hand over sensitive voter registration records to the federal government amid tensions over ICE and immigration enforcement underscores the importance of the administration’s nationwide data grab that is facing resistance in multiple states and has stumbled in the courts.
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