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BumRushDaShow

(158,567 posts)
Sun Aug 3, 2025, 08:09 AM Aug 3

The Justice Department seeks voter and election information from at least 19 states, AP finds

Source: AP

Updated 7:29 AM EDT, August 3, 2025


NEW YORK (AP) — The requests have come in letters, emails and phone calls. The specifics vary, but the target is consistent: The U.S. Department of Justice is ramping up an effort to get voter data and other election information from the states.

Over the past three months, the department’s voting section has requested copies of voter registration lists from state election administrators in at least 15 states, according to an Associated Press tally. Of those, nine are Democrats, five are Republicans and one is a bipartisan commission. In Colorado, the department demanded “all records” relating to the 2024 election and any records the state retained from the 2020 election.

Department lawyers have contacted officials in at least seven states to propose a meeting about forging an information-sharing agreement related to instances of voting or election fraud. The idea, they say in the emails, is for states to help the department enforce the law.

The unusually expansive outreach has raised alarm among some election officials because states have the constitutional authority to run elections and federal law protects the sharing of individual data with the government.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/justice-department-election-officials-voting-trump-a04b1522bed0cb6bbc286e25b139701f

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The Justice Department seeks voter and election information from at least 19 states, AP finds (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Aug 3 OP
Bet the info would be used to gerrymander. Nt BadgerKid Aug 3 #1
Voter Challenges and Intimidation JustAnotherGen Aug 3 #3
If there's any way to use it to rig elections gawd knows, they'll try.❤️ littlemissmartypants Aug 3 #5
The 6 shitbags on the SC will make it happen too wolfie001 Aug 3 #12
Yes, but that would be the least of it. You'd see a lot of people disappear from the voter rolls very quickly, with no Karasu Aug 3 #17
NJ says no JustAnotherGen Aug 3 #2
NC is being sued. The crap in NC is in high gear since we got our new NCSBE "leadership." littlemissmartypants Aug 3 #4
Minnesota said no. nt. progree Aug 3 #6
Tim Walz and Steve Simon are NO DUMMIES! ProudMNDemocrat Aug 3 #8
They wanna know who votes, or doesnt Hornedfrog2000 Aug 3 #7
And so it begins............. popsdenver Aug 3 #9
I shared this on my FB timeline and several groups I belong to. ProudMNDemocrat Aug 3 #10
Frau Bondi wants to see your papers wolfie001 Aug 3 #11
Patriots say no! liberalgunwilltravel Aug 3 #13
Surprise, surprise, surprise! not fooled Aug 3 #14
One thing for sure, Bayard Aug 3 #15
We need a new name for 'the department ' Hope22 Aug 3 #16
I suggest the department of tyrannical oligarchs for tyranny. nt Justice matters. Aug 3 #20
I emailed our SOS and got an email vapor2 Aug 3 #18
Any state that actually complies with this has absolutely no fucking respect for their voters. Karasu Aug 3 #19
How about ALL of the states? Quanto Magnus Aug 3 #21

JustAnotherGen

(36,686 posts)
3. Voter Challenges and Intimidation
Sun Aug 3, 2025, 08:43 AM
Aug 3

We are in a major election year in NJ.

The old Republican Party did it here in 1981. Instead of Roger Stone and Tom Kean - its Scott Presler, Shitarelli and Krasnov.

Karasu

(1,849 posts)
17. Yes, but that would be the least of it. You'd see a lot of people disappear from the voter rolls very quickly, with no
Sun Aug 3, 2025, 02:49 PM
Aug 3

explanation.

That's what this fascist party always does.

JustAnotherGen

(36,686 posts)
2. NJ says no
Sun Aug 3, 2025, 08:41 AM
Aug 3

I sent a letter to all four of my reps saying unless they give us a billion dollars cash - then nope. The roads going into liberty island park are awful. That's where you catch the ferry to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. We can't afford to fix them unless Fed Gov gives New Jerseyans our money back.

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,089 posts)
8. Tim Walz and Steve Simon are NO DUMMIES!
Sun Aug 3, 2025, 10:41 AM
Aug 3

I know Steve Simon. He will refuse to hand over voter registration information to the DOJ in order to protect voter's confidentiality regardless who they voted for.

Pammy B and her ilk are up to NO good and Tim and Steve see right through that.

Hornedfrog2000

(753 posts)
7. They wanna know who votes, or doesnt
Sun Aug 3, 2025, 10:12 AM
Aug 3

That way they can send in more ballots for themselves using names of people who never vote.

popsdenver

(257 posts)
9. And so it begins.............
Sun Aug 3, 2025, 11:00 AM
Aug 3

the most frightening thing is that these monsters have no fear anymore of keeping it covert and in the shadows...............

This collective group of psychopaths, and malignant narcissists are acting out on anything and everything their demented and delusional minds can come up with...........

I am dreading the "Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse" to come riding in any day..............

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,089 posts)
10. I shared this on my FB timeline and several groups I belong to.
Sun Aug 3, 2025, 11:17 AM
Aug 3

This is way too important NOT to share.

Which is why we call our Governors and Secs. of State to let them know our vote information is NOT the business of the DOJ.

not fooled

(6,436 posts)
14. Surprise, surprise, surprise!
Sun Aug 3, 2025, 12:23 PM
Aug 3

not. From the article:

Over the past three months, the department’s voting section has requested copies of voter registration lists from state election administrators in at least 15 states, according to an Associated Press tally. Of those, nine are Democrats, five are Republicans and one is a bipartisan commission.


bolding mine

Bayard

(26,565 posts)
15. One thing for sure,
Sun Aug 3, 2025, 12:42 PM
Aug 3

This is not for benign purposes. They're going to use it for gerrymandering, challenging anyone with a, "foreign," name, or just deleting some registrations altogether.

vapor2

(2,897 posts)
18. I emailed our SOS and got an email
Sun Aug 3, 2025, 03:02 PM
Aug 3

back saying they are in touch with the DOJ and reassuring us of fair and free elections. SUCH BS. FYI. Minnesota denied their request so wishing NV would do the same. Just more nefarious crap from this regime

Quanto Magnus

(1,230 posts)
21. How about ALL of the states?
Sun Aug 3, 2025, 05:22 PM
Aug 3

I know they're trying to lie about the election, but Dems should push for all of the states to release information.

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