Judge rejects DOJ request for access to unredacted NJ voter rolls
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A federal judge issued a Wednesday ruling rejecting the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) request for unredacted New Jersey voter rolls. District Judge Zahid Quraishi, a Biden appointee, sided with the Garden State citing privacy concerns for voters if information were to be handed over unredacted.
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Trenton, NJ – Gov. Mikie Sherrill said Tuesday that New Jersey will not provide the personal information of thousands of residents to the U.S. Department of Justice, arguing the request lacks legal authority and would violate federal and state privacy laws.
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who leads the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, had demanded the names, dates of birth, addresses, nationalities and registration dates of the non-citizens on New Jersey’s voter-rolls – 400 of whom are believed to have cast ballots – on July 21 and gave the had…
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon says Gov. Mikie Sherrill already knew her state's voter rolls were compromised when she joined two dozen Democratic governors in publicly branding President Trump a liar, and now the DOJ is suing.
After New Jersey officials registered roughly 6,600 non-citizens to vote, the state’s Democratic governor is refusing to hand over the records to the feds. On Tuesday, Democratic New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill said she would not cooperate with the Trump administration, which she accused of “weap…
Trenton, NJ – A dispute between New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill and the U.S. Department of Justice escalated Tuesday after a top federal official responded “Challenge accepted” to the governor’s refusal to provide personal information about thousands of New Jersey residents.
The Department of Justice has announced an investigation into noncitizen voting in New Jersey, but the state's Democratic governor is resisting the probe. New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) admitted on July 21 that about 6,600 noncitizens had been mistakenly registered to vote, and of those, about 4…
The judge said federal law does not require New Jersey to provide the feds with its complete, unredacted voter list. The Trump administration said it will appeal.
New Jersey Secretary of State Dale Caldwell speaks as Gov. Mikie Sherrill listens on during a news conference. The ruling rejects the Justice Department’s effort to force New Jersey to provide voter registration records. [ more › ]
The ruling comes a week after New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherril disclosed that the state had accidentally added 6,600 noncitizens to its voter rolls between 2023 and 2024.
Newark, NJ – A federal judge appointed by former U.S. President Joe Biden has dismissed a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit that sought access to New Jersey voter registration records, marking a legal victory for the state in a dispute over federal election records. In an order signed Tuesday, U.S.
A federal judge issued a Wednesday ruling rejecting the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) request for unredacted New Jersey voter rolls. District Judge Zahid Quraishi, a Biden appointee, sided with the Garden State citing privacy concerns for voters if information were to be handed over unredacted.
The decision comes after Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced the state discovered over 6,000 noncitizens registered to vote due to a supposed software error. The post Judge Won’t Let DOJ Obtain Unredacted New Jersey Voter Rolls first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion .
A Biden-appointed federal judge dismissed the Justice Department's lawsuit to force New Jersey to hand over its unredacted voter registration database, even as the state acknowledged that thousands of noncitizens wound up on its rolls through a government software failure. U.S.
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