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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is asking courts in 13 voter roll data lawsuits for a mulligan on its original demands for states’ voter roll data. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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The Justice Department has asked 13 courts to let it file amended demands for state voter rolls after federal judges rejected its original requests as legally deficient—the DOJ has now lost four separate lawsuits on this issue without a single win. Under the Civil Rights Act of 1960, DOJ must cite evidence that a state violated federal voting laws before demanding unredacted voter rolls; the original requests cited no such evidence, which is why judges in Massachusetts, California, and Oregon dismissed them. This signals a major stumble in what appears to be a DOJ effort launched last May to gain sweeping access to voter registration data across nearly all states.
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“The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is asking courts in 13 voter roll data lawsuits for a mulligan on its original demands for states' voter roll data.”
Democracydocket.com reports DOJ filed 13 notices requesting permission to send amended letters in Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin.
“A federal judge last week dismissed the department's Massachusetts lawsuit — the fourth loss DOJ has suffered, with zero wins.”
U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin dismissed the Massachusetts case. Article confirms DOJ has lost in California, Oregon, and Massachusetts (three named); fourth loss implied but not explicitly named in article text.
“In Massachusetts, U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin noted the department failed to state any basis for its demand, as required by the Civil Rights Act of 1960.”
Sorokin's opinion is directly quoted: 'The Attorney General offered no basis—none—and the demand was therefore facially inadequate' under Title III of the CRA.
“The DOJ has sent letters to nearly every state since last May, demanding access to each state's unredacted voter rolls.”
Article states 'Since last May, the DOJ has sent letters to nearly every state, demanding access to each state's unredacted voter rolls.'
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