Federal judge rules against Trump DoJ’s policy of collecting state voter rolls

Judge says justice department policy of checking state voter rolls against a federal immigration database is unlawful A federal judge ruled on Friday that the US justice department’s policy of collecting states’ unredacted voter rolls to check them against a federal immigration database is unlawful. The ruling, by the US district judge Sparkle Sooknanan, was a setback for Donald Trump, who has pushed his administra

Ariana Baio October 9, 2026 · 10:19 PM 1 MIN READ

Judge says justice department policy of checking state voter rolls against a federal immigration database is unlawful

A federal judge ruled on Friday that the US justice department’s policy of collecting states’ unredacted voter rolls to check them against a federal immigration database was unlawful.

In a 78-page ruling, judge Sparkle Sooknanan said the department’s list maintenance policy, adopted to comply with Donald Trump’s election integrity executive order, violated privacy laws and risked disenfranchising voters.