"The Department of Justice acknowledged in court that it plans to share voter registration data it gets from states with the Department of Homeland Security, so that the data can be run through a U.S. citizenship check housed at DHS."
"Over the past year, federal officials have been urging states to run their voter rolls through the upgraded SAVE system to check whether any noncitizens appear on their voter rolls."
"Some U.S. citizens have also been inaccurately flagged by SAVE, which has compounded concerns by voting rights advocates that the use of SAVE will disenfranchise eligible voters."
"So far federal judges in California, Oregon and Michigan have dismissed DOJ's lawsuits in those states, with the California judge calling the government's request 'unprecedented and illegal.'"
The Department of Justice intends to share state voter registration data with the Department of Homeland Security for citizenship verification. This decision emerged during a federal court hearing in Rhode Island, where the DOJ is suing multiple states for denying access to sensitive voter data. The DHS has developed a citizenship lookup tool, prompting states to check their voter rolls for noncitizens. While some states found few noncitizens, inaccuracies in the system have raised concerns about disenfranchising eligible voters. Federal judges have dismissed similar lawsuits in several states, questioning the legality of the DOJ's actions.
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