Michigan Judge Rebukes Justice Department’s Effort to Obtain Voter Data

Scritto il 10/02/2026
da Mattathias Schwartz and Nick Corasaniti

The ruling from a Trump-appointed federal judge is the third in recent weeks to reject the administration’s demand for voters’ personal data from nearly every state.A polling location in Detroit. The decisions offer an early indication of how the Justice Department’s nationwide quest to essentially establish a national voting database may be running into significant headwinds from the judiciary.