Federal Citizenship Data Tool Cannot Be Used to Screen Voters, Judge Rules
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Source: The New York Times
Published: 2026-06-23 07:33 UTC+10:00
Section: Federal-State Relations (US)
Factuality Score: 95
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Politics, Immigration, Law & Courts, Elections, US Politics, Crime & Justice
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A federal judge on Monday barred the Trump administration from letting states query a centralized national database of citizens built for checking immigration status to screen their voter rolls, finding that the repurposing of the federal data to monitor voting violated at least three laws.
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