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UpdateNationalMonday, October 26, 2026

Protect Democracy sues DOJ over planned national voter database

A lawsuit challenges the Department of Justice's plan to build a national voter database and take over voter list maintenance from states.

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Protect Democracy
“Protecting voter privacy and the integrity of U.S. elections”, Monday, October 26, 2026
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What happened

Protect Democracy and co-counsel filed a lawsuit on behalf of Common Cause and four individual voters to stop the Department of Justice from building a national voter database. The DOJ plans to use the database to take over voter list maintenance from states. The DOJ plans to pressure states into purging voters based on the SAVE system, which the suit describes as unreliable.1

What it means

What this means for voter registration

The lawsuit challenges federal plans that could affect how states maintain their lists of registered voters.1

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Sources

  1. Protect Democracy, https://protectdemocracy.org/work/protecting-voter-privacy-and-the-integrity-of-u-s-elections · Monday, October 26, 2026

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