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Courts rebuff Trump push for state voter rolls as midterms near
Democrats and state officials say the records request would expose voter data and expand federal control over election administration.
- Federal judges are blocking the Trump administration's efforts to obtain state voter rolls, dealing a significant setback to the president's attempt to expand federal influence over election administration.
- Trump has repeatedly asserted, without evidence, that his 2020 election loss was due to fraud, prompting the Justice Department to demand voter rolls from states to audit their procedures.
- To justify its demand for voter data, the Justice Department cited the Civil Rights Act of 1960, but judges ruled the request exceeded congressional authorization and threatened voter privacy.
- Judges have dismissed multiple lawsuits seeking these records, including rulings from jurists appointed by Trump during his first term, as the Justice Department continues to appeal the decisions.
- Democrats and voting rights groups are challenging these policies as part of a broader political battle over election authority, arguing they could erode privacy and voting access.
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Courts rebuff Trump push for state voter rolls as midterms near
Democrats are winning legal challenges to the Trump administration's push to obtain states' voter rolls, dealing a blow to the president's effort to expand the federal government's role in elections.
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