Judge Rules Against DOJ Effort to Check State Voter Rolls for Noncitizens
On October 9, 2026, a federal judge ruled that the Justice Department's policy of collecting state voter rolls and cross-checking them against a federal immigration database to identify and remove alleged noncitizen voters is unlawful.
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| Oct 9, 3:46 PM | cbsnews.com | Judge strikes down DOJ's policy of reviewing state voter rolls |
| Oct 9, 2:47 PM | washingtonpost.com | D.C. judge bars DOJ from gathering states’ voter lists to find noncitizens |
| Oct 9, 2:29 PM | aljazeera.com | US judge rules Trump administration’s use of voter data unlawful |
| Oct 9, 1:28 PM | washingtontimes.com | Judge strikes down DOJ's effort to cleanse state voter rolls of noncitizens |
| Oct 9, 12:19 PM | theguardian.com | Federal judge rules against Trump DoJ’s policy of collecting state voter rolls |
| Oct 9, 11:27 AM | bloomberg.com | US Judge Blocks DOJ’s ‘Dragnet’ Probes of Voter Fraud Nationwide |
| Oct 8, 10:12 AM | talkingpointsmemo.com | Docs Reveal New Details About Dramatic Admin Efforts to Substantiate the Non-Citizen Voting Myth |