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DOJ seeking Illinois voter data to purge suspected noncitizens, documents suggest
The filings seek unredacted voter data as the Justice Department argues Illinois must help verify registration eligibility.
- The Trump administration's lawsuit in federal court in Springfield seeks access to sensitive, unredacted Illinois voter registration data as part of a broader effort to purge state voter rolls of suspected noncitizens.
- Documents filed Thursday, April 30, by the Illinois AFL-CIO and other intervening groups argue the DOJ's stated compliance justification is a pretext and the agency's suit should be dismissed.
- Internal emails from former DOJ official Michael Gates and current Voting Section chief Eric Neff suggest the agency intends to use the Department of Homeland Security's Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements database to compare against state voter rolls.
- The Illinois AFL-CIO and other groups, including Common Cause and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, have filed motions to dismiss the lawsuit; Judge Colleen Lawless has not yet ruled on the motion.
- Similar lawsuits in 29 other states have prompted watchdog groups to sue the agency in Washington, D.C., alleging the DOJ is attempting to create a sprawling voter surveillance apparatus that endangers voting rights.
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