A federal judge in Oregon blocked the Trump administration’s request for access to the state’s unredacted voter rolls on Monday.
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AfederaljudgeinOregonruledagainstaTrumpadministrationrequesttoviewthestate’sunredactedvoterrollsonMonday.
JudgeMustafaKasubhaisaidheplanstodismisstheJusticeDepartmentlawsuitandwillfileafinalwrittenopinioninthecomingdays.OregonAttorneyGeneralDanRayfieldhailedMonday’sruling,arguingtheDOJwasseekinga“backdoor”tograbOregonresidents’personalinformation.
“Thecourtdismissedthiscasebecausethefederalgovernmentnevermetthelegalstandardtogettheserecordsinthefirstplace,”RayfieldtoldNBCNewsinastatement.“Oregoniansdeservetoknowthatvotinglawscan’tbeusedasabackdoortograbtheirpersonalinformation.”
PresidentDonaldTrump’sadministrationhasfiledlawsuitsseekingvoterregistrationdatainatleast23states.Thelawsuitsrequestaccesstonames,datesofbirth,residentialaddresses,driver’slicensenumbersandpartialSocialSecuritynumbers.
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