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DOJ Filing Reveals DOGE Staff at SSA Linked to Voter-Roll Outreach and Unauthorized Data Handling

The court correction says two employees were referred for possible Hatch Act violations, with SSA unable to determine what was shared to an unapproved third‑party server.

Overview

  • Justice Department documents say a political advocacy group contacted two DOGE members at the Social Security Administration in March 2025 to analyze state voter rolls to hunt for fraud and overturn results.
  • One DOGE member, acting as an SSA employee, signed a 'Voter Data Agreement' and sent it to the group on March 24, 2025, outside the agency’s data exchange procedures.
  • It remains unclear whether SSA data was transferred to the group, though emails suggest DOGE members could have been asked to match SSA records to voter rolls.
  • SSA referred the two employees to the Office of Special Counsel in December 2025 for potential Hatch Act violations related to prohibited political activity.
  • The filing also discloses DOGE data sharing through Cloudflare, which is not approved for SSA data, and corrects earlier SSA statements while flagging potential noncompliance with a March 2025 court order; reviews and litigation are ongoing.