State election officials and voting rights advocates are questioning the Trump administration’s decision to send monitors to polling stations in Marion and Lake counties on Election Day. Lake and Marion are the only two Indiana counties publicly identified for U.S. Justice Department federal monitoring during the Nov. 3 midterm election. Both counties are Democratic strongholds […]
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Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Accessing Illinois Voter Data
Illinois will not have to turn over its statewide voter registration database to the U.S. Department of Justice after a federal judge dismissed the government’s lawsuit Friday, leaving the personal information of roughly 8 million registered voters protected. U.S. District Judge Colleen Lawless ruled that the Justice Department lacks the legal authority under the Civil […]
