Trump administration’s demands for California’s voter rolls, including Social Security numbers, rejected by federal judge
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California Secretary of State Shirley Weber, pictured speaking here at the Women’s Caucus at the California Democratic Party convention in May, praised a judge’s ruling in her favor Thursday in a lawsuit over state voter rolls brought by the U.S. Department of Justice. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
AfederaljudgeonThursdaydismissedaU.S.JusticeDepartmentlawsuitdemandingCaliforniaturnoveritsvoterrolls,callingtherequest“unprecedentedandillegal”andaccusingthefederalgovernmentoftryingto“abridgetherightofmanyAmericanstocasttheirballots.”
U.S.DistrictJudgeDavidO.Carter,aClintonappointeebasedinSantaAna,questionedtheJusticeDepartment’smotivationsandcalleditslawsuitdemandingvoterdatafromCaliforniaSecretaryofStateShirleyWebernotjustanoverreachintostate-runelections,butathreattoAmericandemocracy.
“Thecentralizationofthisinformationbythefederalgovernmentwouldhaveachill
