US judge blocks Justice Department bid to seize voter data in Rhode Island

A federal judge in Rhode Island denies a Justice Department subpoena for state voter records, marking another setback for the administration's pre-election data push. | Contesto: cronaca

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• US judge blocks Justice Department bid to seize voter data in Rhode Island

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A federal judge in Rhode Island has blocked a subpoena from the United States Justice Department seeking access to the state's voter registration data. The order, issued this week, prevents federal authorities from seizing the records, which include information on registered voters. The ruling represents a direct and immediate rejection of the administration's legal effort to obtain sensitive state-held data in the run-up to the November midterm elections. The Justice Department's subpoena was part of a broader initiative to gather voter information from states. While the specific legal justification for the Rhode Island request was not detailed in public filings, the action fits a pattern of federal inquiries into state election systems. Rhode Island's Secretary of State, Nellie Gorbea, opposed the subpoena, arguing that compliance would violate state law and undermine the integrity of the electoral process by handing over confidential citizen data to federal officials. This decision is the latest in a series of judicial losses for the Trump administration regarding access to election-related data. Several other states have previously resisted or seen courts limit similar federal requests, creating a patchwork of legal outcomes across the country. The repeated push for data has sparked intense debate, with critics alleging it is a politically motivated fishing expedition designed to lay groundwork for unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud. The ruling underscores the significant tension between federal investigative authority and states' rights to administer their own elections. Rhode Island, like most states, considers its voter rolls and related information to be a core component of its sovereign election administration. The judge's intervention reinforces the principle that federal overreach into this domain requires a compelling and clearly articulated justification, one which the court found lacking in this instance. Legal experts note that each judicial rebuff sets a precedent that other states can cite when challenging similar subpoenas. The accumulating case law makes it increasingly difficult for the Justice Department to successfully compel...

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