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🚨BREAKING: After losing five straight cases attempting to access state voter rolls, the DOJ tried to patch a key legal flaw in its Minnesota lawsuit — only to attach the wrong document and rely on a single, disputed allegation as its new justification. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Analysis Summary
The Trump DOJ's Minnesota lawsuit demanding voter rolls suffered a procedural embarrassment when it filed the wrong supporting document while trying to fix a legal problem that has already killed five similar cases in other states. The department is now claiming a single alleged noncitizen voter justifies access to millions of Minnesota voters' data — a claim Minnesota's Secretary of State has directly disputed. Federal judges across the country have already rejected this legal theory five times, finding the DOJ failed to meet the Civil Rights Act requirement of providing factual basis for seizing sensitive voter data.
Claims Analysis (5)
“After losing five straight cases attempting to access state voter rolls, the DOJ tried to patch a key legal flaw in its Minnesota lawsuit”
Article documents five dismissals in CA, OR, MI, MA, RI and ongoing Minnesota case with detailed judicial reasoning.
“DOJ attached the wrong document and relied on a single, disputed allegation as its new justification”
Article confirms DOJ filed wrong exhibit (January letter on same-day registration), then filed notice of errata correcting it. Single allegation about noncitizen voter is documented.
“Federal judges have called a fatal defect in DOJ's voter roll demands: failing to explain why it needed the data”
Article states judges in five states dismissed cases finding DOJ failed to meet Civil Rights Act requirement to provide factual basis for demanding voter data.
“DOJ is now relying on a recent report that a noncitizen may have voted in the 2024 election as justification for the Minnesota demand”
Article confirms this is DOJ's new claim, but Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon disputed the allegation itself, saying the individual 'is reported to have said things that just aren't true.'
“Minnesota officials have cast doubt on the very allegation DOJ is attempting to use”
Article quotes Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon directly stating concerns about the noncitizen voting claim and defending existing safeguards.
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