- United States
- Idaho
- Letter
The Department of Justice must be stopped from seizing state voter rolls and sharing them with DHS to run through the SAVE citizenship verification system. Federal judges in California, Oregon, and Michigan have already dismissed DOJ's lawsuits, with the California judge calling the government's request "unprecedented and illegal."
This scheme will disenfranchise eligible voters. States like Texas and Louisiana that ran their rolls through SAVE found U.S. citizens inaccurately flagged as noncitizens. The DOJ admitted in Rhode Island federal court that it plans to share voter data with DHS, yet has made no public announcement and provided no opportunity for public comment as required under the Privacy Act. This violates federal data protection laws.
The administration is trying to supplant states' constitutional authority to administer elections. DOJ's own statements about data sharing have been contradictory for months, and this revelation confirms they've been misleading the public about their intentions. Block any funding or legal authority that enables DOJ to continue these lawsuits against states. Demand DOJ comply with the Privacy Act before any data sharing occurs. Our election integrity depends on stopping this federal overreach now.