{"id":8493,"date":"2026-01-16T13:19:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T19:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/federal-courts-deny-trump-request-for-private-voter-data-in-2-states\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T13:19:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T19:19:41","slug":"federal-courts-deny-trump-request-for-private-voter-data-in-2-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/federal-courts-deny-trump-request-for-private-voter-data-in-2-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal courts deny Trump request for private voter data in 2 states"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ballot-10-2022-1024x682-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ryan Patraw processes ballots at the Marion County Clerk\u2019s Office in Salem, Ore., on May 16. Judges in Oregon and California have ruled against the Trump administration\u2019s requests to turn over voter data. (Photo by Ron Cooper\/Oregon Capital Chronicle)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ryan Patraw processes ballots at the Marion County Clerk\u2019s Office in Salem, Ore., on May 16. Judges in Oregon and California have ruled against the Trump administration\u2019s requests to turn over voter data. (Photo by Ron Cooper\/Oregon Capital Chronicle)<\/p>\n<p><span>The Trump administration hit two major legal roadblocks this week in its effort to obtain sensitive personal voter data from states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge David Carter dismissed a lawsuit by the Department of Justice against California seeking voter information. The Trump administration has demanded that at least 40 states provide unredacted voter data, which can include driver\u2019s license and Social Security numbers. The department has sued 21 states and Washington, D.C., that have refused to provide the data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Carter, an appointee of President Bill Clinton, called the government\u2019s request \u201cunprecedented and illegal\u201d in a 33-page <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.cacd.988465\/gov.uscourts.cacd.988465.128.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>ruling<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Just a day earlier, U.S. District Court Judge Mustafa Kasubhai said he planned to dismiss a similar lawsuit against Oregon. Kasubhai, an appointee of President Joe Biden, said his final written decision may be different.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe federal government tried to abuse their power to force me to break my oath of office and hand over your private data,\u201d Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read said in a statement about the tentative ruling, according to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oregoncapitalchronicle.com\/2026\/01\/14\/federal-judge-hears-arguments-over-trump-demands-for-oregon-voter-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Oregon Capital Chronicle.<\/span><\/a><span> \u201cI stood up to them and said no. Now, the court sided with us. Tonight, we proved, once again, we have the power to push back and win.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Justice Department has framed its demands as necessary to ensure states are properly maintaining their voter rolls. It says it needs the information to ensure ineligible people are kept off rolls and that only citizens are voting. The department is sharing state voter roll information with the Department of Homeland Security in a search for noncitizens, the Trump administration <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stateline.org\/2025\/09\/12\/doj-is-sharing-state-voter-roll-lists-with-homeland-security\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span>confirmed<\/span><\/a><span> in September.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While election officials say well-maintained voter rolls are important, President Donald Trump and some of his Republican allies have long promoted baseless claims of widespread voter fraud.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Democratic election officials have criticized the data requests, calling them an unwarranted attempt by the Trump administration to exercise federal power over elections. Under the U.S. Constitution, states administer elections, though Congress can regulate them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In arguing for the data, the federal government cited the National Voter Registration Act, the Help America Vote Act and Title III of the Civil Rights Act of 1960, all of which were intended to protect elections and the right to vote.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In California, Carter ruled that the federal government \u2014 and the court \u2014 are not authorized to use civil rights legislation \u201cas a tool to forsake the privacy rights of millions of Americans.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere cannot be unbridled consolidation of all elections power in the Executive without action from Congress and public debate,\u201d Carter wrote. \u201cThis is antithetical to the promise of fair and free elections our country promises and the franchise that civil rights leaders fought and died for.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Justice Department did not immediately say whether it planned to appeal the ruling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Stateline reporter Kevin Hardy can be reached at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"mailto:khardy@stateline.org\"><i><span>khardy@stateline.org<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"snrPubNote\">\n<p>This story was originally produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/stateline.org\/2026\/01\/15\/federal-courts-deny-trump-request-for-private-voter-data-in-2-states\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stateline<\/a>, which is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network which includes Missouri Independent, and is supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Patraw processes ballots at the Marion County Clerk\u2019s Office in Salem, Ore., on May 16. Judges in Oregon and California have ruled against the Trump administration\u2019s requests to turn over voter data. (Photo by Ron Cooper\/Oregon Capital Chronicle) The Trump administration hit two major legal roadblocks this week in its effort to obtain sensitive&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Federal courts deny Trump request for private voter data in 2 states - WestplexNews.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/federal-courts-deny-trump-request-for-private-voter-data-in-2-states\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Federal courts deny Trump request for private voter data in 2 states - WestplexNews.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ryan Patraw processes ballots at the Marion County Clerk\u2019s Office in Salem, Ore., on May 16. 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