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Groups sue DHS over alleged collection of voter data from 47 states
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Fox News, The Epoch Times and RedState report that the League of Women Voters, the Electronic Privacy Information Center and the League of United Latin American Citizens filed a lawsuit in federal court in Washington, D.C., on October 15, 2026. The plaintiffs allege that the Department of Homeland Security obtained voter files from at least 47 states and combined them with commercial datasets, in violation of the Privacy Act and other federal privacy safeguards. According to RedState, they ask the court to shut down the program and order the deletion of records already collected. According to RedState, EPIC says DHS documents show 50.6 million records obtained through the Justice Department and 48.4 million from other sources by June, and those figures come from the plaintiffs. The Epoch Times reports that DHS did not respond to a request for comment.
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Three groups, the League of Women Voters, the Electronic Privacy Information Center and LULAC, sued DHS in federal court in Washington, D.C., on October 15, 2026.
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The lawsuit alleges DHS obtained voter files from at least 47 states.
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The plaintiffs allege DHS's handling of the voter data violates the Privacy Act and federal privacy safeguards.
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The plaintiffs allege DHS combined the voter data with commercial datasets.
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The plaintiffs ask the court to shut down the program and delete records already collected.
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According to EPIC, DHS documents show 50.6 million records obtained through the Justice Department and 48.4 million from other sources by June; the figures come from the plaintiffs.
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DHS did not respond to a request for comment by the time of publication.
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DHS's collection of voter files from 47 states is illegal.
The three plaintiff groups allege it violates the Privacy Act and federal privacy safeguards. DHS did not respond to a request for comment in the supplied coverage. The administration's stated purpose is combating voter fraud and noncitizen voting.
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All three outlets report that three advocacy groups sued DHS over voter files allegedly gathered from at least 47 states and combined with commercial data. They differ mainly in labels: RedState calls the plaintiffs left-wing, while Fox News describes the collection as alleged.
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Headlines report a lawsuit over DHS voter-data collection, with one stressing a claimed illegality and another casting the plaintiffs as left-wing groups opposing a voter-fraud effort.
Trump admin sued over alleged illegal collection of sensitive voter data from 47 states
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DHS Goes After Voter Fraud, Left-Wing Groups Go to Court
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The Trump administration's effort to examine voter registration records across the country has drawn another lawsuit, this time from three organizations accusing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of illegally collecting information on millions of Americans.
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Groups Sue DHS, Alleging Effort to Compile Voter Data is Illegal
The administration is violating federal law by obtaining data for many of the nation's 174 million registered voters, the League of Women Voters said.
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Trump admin sued over alleged illegal collection of sensitive voter data from 47 states
A lawsuit alleges DHS collected voter files from 47 states and combined them with commercial datasets, violating federal privacy safeguards.
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