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Oct 8, 2026 Judge Sparkle Sooknanan ruled that DOJ's collection of unredacted state voter rolls for cross-checking against immigration databases was unlawful Tier 1 · Primary Institutions and Governance
The ruling blocks a federal attempt to seize control of voter-roll data from states, protecting citizens from erroneous removal from registration lists ahead of the midterms.
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- Federal judge voids DOJ policy collecting state voter rolls — US District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan ruled that the Trump administration's Department of Justice policy of collecting unredacted state voter rolls to cross-check against a federal immigration database violated federal privacy laws and exceeded DOJ authority. The policy, adopted under Trump's election integrity executive order, had already removed US citizens from voter rolls and risked further disenfranchisement. Sooknanan found Congress, not the federal government, controls voter roll maintenance. The lawsuit was brought by Common Cause after roughly 18 states complied with DOJ requests in May, providing voters' names, birth dates, addresses, and partial identification numbers.
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