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David O. Carter

David O. Carter

U.S. District Judge, Central District of California

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The Department of Justice seeks to use civil rights legislation which was enacted for an entirely different purpose to amass and retain an unprecedented amount of confidential voter data.

The centralization of this information by the federal government would have a chilling effect on voter registration.

Stories

Federal fight for state voter rolls

Rule Changes

First judge to rule on merits; dismissed California case

The Justice Department wants every state's unredacted voter file—names, addresses, dates of birth, driver's license numbers, and partial Social Security numbers for roughly 160 million registered voters. Since May 2025, DOJ has demanded these records from at least 44 states. Twenty-five jurisdictions refused and are now being sued. In late January 2026, Attorney General Pam Bondi escalated tactics by conditioning the removal of ICE and CBP agents from Minneapolis on Minnesota providing voter rolls and welfare data, drawing accusations of coercion from state officials and Senate Democrats.

Updated Feb 4