Overview

• The Justice Department has asked at least nine states for copies of their voter rolls, with only Colorado and Florida so far providing publicly available data.
• State and local election officials are rejecting or reviewing these data demands on legal and security grounds, citing federal law and Help America Vote Act limits.
• Consultant Jeff Small told at least ten Republican county clerks in Colorado he represented the White House and federal agencies to gain third-party access to their Dominion voting machines.
• Colorado county clerks unanimously denied inspection requests, prompting Secretary of State Jena Griswold to denounce the operation as "the 2020 playbook on steroids."
• Critics from both parties warn the measures could enable a centralized voter database and stricter purges that risk disenfranchising eligible voters ahead of the 2026 midterms.