Overview
- A coalition of Democratic election chiefs sent a letter Tuesday to Attorney General Pam Bondi and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem seeking clarity on whether federal agencies misled states about how voter information is being used.
- The officials cite conflicting accounts after DHS election official Heather Honey said the department had not received or sought voter data, while DHS publicly confirmed receiving information to run through its SAVE citizenship-check system.
- The Justice Department this year requested voter rolls and, in some cases, sensitive identifiers from at least 26 states and has sued eight over refusals to provide detailed records, according to the latest reporting.
- States have taken varied approaches: Colorado supplied public voter-list data but withheld protected fields, while Oregon declined to provide detailed records and is now facing a federal lawsuit.
- Recent DHS changes to SAVE enable free, bulk queries using names, birth dates and Social Security numbers, prompting concerns from election officials and advocates about accuracy, privacy and potential misuse.