DOJ Faces Fresh Suit Over Push to Collect Voter Information

The Trump administration is facing a fresh legal challenge in its bid to collect and store voters’ personal information before the midterm elections.

Four registered voters backed by advocacy groups are suing the US Justice Department over the data collection push. Their lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court in Washington, alleges the administration is stockpiling information from each state to build a “voter surveillance and purging apparatus” to usurp state authority in overseeing elections and maintaining voter rolls.