President Donald Trump’s administration is continuing its effort to force the Wisconsin Elections Commission to turn over unredacted Wisconsin voter data after being rebuked by a federal judge last month.
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division is appealing the judge’s decision dismissing the case, suggesting “many” absentee ballots could be sent to “fraudulent” registrants in November unless it audits the voter roll.
The Trump administration has been demanding unredacted voter registration lists from Wisconsin and dozens of other states for the past year, claiming the federal Civil Rights Act of 1960 and Help America Vote Act entitle the U.S. Attorney General “sweeping power to obtain Federal election records.”
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Since his defeat in 2020, Trump has repeatedly made false claims about widespread election fraud, focusing particularly on swing states like Wisconsin. His administration’s attempt to order the Wisconsin Elections Commission to produce unredacted voter data coincides with a proposed U.S. Postal Service rule that would not allow absentee ballots to be mailed unless the voter is on a list approved by the federal government.
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