A federal court in Nevada Friday became the 22nd consecutive district court to reject the Trump administration’s campaign to force states to turn over their unredacted voter rolls, dismissing the Department of Justice's case and denying its motion to compel.
A federal court in Nevada Friday became the 22nd consecutive district court to reject the Trump administration’s campaign to force states to turn over their unredacted voter rolls, dismissing the Department of Justice’s case and denying its motion to compel.
U.S. District Judge Anne Traum said she was “joining every other court to have addressed the issue so far” in rejecting DOJ’s attempt to use Title III of the Civil Rights Act of 1960 to obtain Nevada’s statewide voter registration list.
“Neither letter purported to allege facts showing a need for an investigation into Nevada’s state election system,” Traum wrote. “The lack of a basis is a sufficient reason to conclude that Secretary Aguilar did not, on the facts alleged in the complaint, violate the CRA by refusing to produce the unredacted voter file. The Government has provided ‘no basis — none.’”
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