The Supervisor of Elections Office in Largo, Fla., last month. The Trump administration has sought to marshal the resources of the federal government to shape who can vote and how.
The ruling, based on an agreement the Trump administration signed with Florida last year, contradicted an earlier order by a judge in Washington that required the access be suspended.
The ruling, based on an agreement the Trump administration signed with Florida last year, contradicted an earlier order by a judge in Washington that required the access be suspended.
Election workers counting ballots in Largo, Fla., in 2024. An order by a federal judge in Florida on Tuesday allowed bulk searches of a federal citizenship database by state officials to check voter eligibility.
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration’s providing federal data to states to check and purge their voter rolls violated several laws prohibiting the disclosure.
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration’s providing federal data to states to check and purge their voter rolls violated several laws prohibiting the disclosure.
Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan stopped short of ordering the shuttering of the detention operation. But a lawyer for the challengers said they would soon seek a closure order.
Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan stopped short of ordering the shuttering of the detention operation. But a lawyer for the challengers said they would soon seek a closure order.
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