CREW is challenging Trump in court for voting rights
Mark, we’re challenging Trump in court
- Tue, Apr 21 2026 at 2:59 PM
Mark,
CREW, representing Common Cause and four voters, has sued the Trump administration to stop the DOJ from illegally stockpiling millions of Americans’ confidential voter data and building a national voter database to surveil and purge voters.
For the first time in American history, the DOJ has demanded confidential voter information from all 50 states and Washington, DC and is compiling that information into a single record system.
At least twelve states voluntarily complied with the DOJ’s data demands, putting their voters’ data at risk of security breaches and misuse.
But the Constitution and federal law are clear: maintaining voter rolls is the states' responsibility.
The Trump administration is not respecting the law.The DOJ’s actions are unconstitutional, illegal and a key component of the Trump administration’s attempts to take over elections from states and subvert the 2026 midterms.
CREW is serving as co-counsel on the case with our partners at Protect Democracy, the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project, ACLU of D.C. and the Democracy and Rule of Law Clinic at Harvard Law School.
Our complaint argues that the DOJ’s actions:
- Usurp state authority to oversee election administration and voter list maintenance as outlined in the Constitution and federal statutes.
- Could prevent eligible voters from voting due to the DOJ’s plans to run the data it collects through its flawed and inaccurate SAVE database.
- Ignore critical safeguards mandated by federal law designed to protect the public before the government collects the very type of sensitive information that the DOJ is demanding states turn over.
The DOJ’s endgame is clear: to conduct its own state-by-state voter list maintenance operation and compel states to purge voters from the voter rolls whom the Trump administration claims are “ineligible.”
Mark, this exploitation of voter data isn’t just a threat to millions of Americans’ privacy and voting rights. It’s a threat to our democracy.
We can’t allow President Trump and the DOJ to exploit voter data for their own political agenda. That’s why CREW is fighting back on behalf of millions of Americans.
We’re taking action alongside these four other voting rights groups to stop this unconstitutional power grab and protect the privacy and voting rights of millions of Americans.
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