Overview
- U.S. District Judge David O. Carter dismissed the Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking Californians’ driver’s license numbers, Social Security digits and full birthdates, citing privacy protections and a chilling effect on voter participation.
- U.S. District Judge Mustafa K. Kasubhai said his tentative decision is to dismiss the federal suit in Oregon and to restrict officials to the public voter list that excludes dates of birth, driver’s license numbers and partial Social Security numbers.
- California Secretary of State Shirley Weber released only voter names, refusing to turn over sensitive identifiers under state law.
- The Justice Department has requested unredacted voter files from about 40 states and sued more than 20 plus Washington, D.C., saying it needs the data to assess voter-roll maintenance and ensure only eligible citizens vote once.
- Other lawsuits continue in courts, with participants expecting appeals and the possibility that higher courts will decide the scope of federal authority to obtain voter data.