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President Trump's administration has mounted efforts in nearly all 50 states to obtain their complete voter rolls containing sensitive information about registered voters in their states.
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administration → mount → states
The Justice Department has argued that the information is needed to ensure states are complying with two federal voting laws, the Help America Vote Act and the National Voter Registration Act, which aim to ensure states have programs in place for maintaining accurate voter rolls.
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states → argue → rolls
The administration sent letters to most of the states last year seeking unredacted electronic copies of their statewide voter registration lists, which include voters' birthdates, addresses, partial Social Security numbers and driver's license numbers.
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which → send → birthdates
A number of states have turned over publicly available versions of their voter rolls, but have declined to provide their complete lists.
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number → turn → lists
In response, the Justice Department has filed lawsuits against 30 states and the District of Columbia in an effort to force them to hand over the voter data.
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So far, the Trump administration has lost 25 of those cases.
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Federal judges have rejected the Justice Department's lawsuits for unredacted voter rolls from:
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- District of Columbia
- Illinois
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
A federal judge dismissed the Justice Department's initial case against Georgia because it was filed in the wrong court, and government lawyers have since refiled it.
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The Justice Department voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit against Oklahoma after the state agreed to turn over its voter registration list.
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state → dismiss → list
The other cases remain pending.
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cases → pende → ?
The Justice Department has appealed most of the decisions dismissing its cases.
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So far, one appeals court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, has upheld a lower court decision rejecting the administration's attempt to obtain Michigan's voter rolls.
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court → uphold → rolls
The Trump administration's bids to gain access to states' unredacted voter registration lists are part of the president's efforts to exert more power over federal elections.
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bids → gain → elections
Mr. Trump has signed two executive orders aimed at U.S. elections, though both have been blocked by the courts.
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both → sign → courts
The first executive order, signed last year, would
in order to register to vote.
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The second, announced in March, and requires the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Postal Service to compile and maintain lists of U.S. citizens who are eligible to vote.
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who → announce → citizens
Mr. Trump is also pushing Congress to enact a package of voting regulations called the SAVE America Act, which would significantly curtail mail-in voting and impose new voter ID requirements.
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which → push → requirements
The president has long taken aim at mail-in voting and claimed it leads to widespread fraud, though he has not put forth evidence in support of those claims.
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He has also claimed that Democratic states allow noncitizens to vote in U.S. elections.
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noncitizens → claim → elections
It is a federal crime for noncitizens to vote.
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noncitizens → vote → ?
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