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Federal Judge Rules Department of Justice Policy on State Voter Rolls Unlawful
Just the facts
A federal judge ruled that the U.S. Justice Department's policy of collecting unredacted state voter rolls to cross-reference them against a federal immigration database is unlawful. The decision halts the federal government's efforts to compile and examine state-level voter registration lists through the Department of Homeland Security immigration records. Civil rights advocates and state officials challenged the data-sharing initiative over privacy and statutory authority concerns. The Justice Department has not yet announced whether it will appeal the ruling.
Why this is news
A legal challenge brought against the U.S. Department of Justice resulted in a federal ruling regarding the collection of unredacted state voting data.
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