ACLU-NJ Responds to DOJ Lawsuit Demanding New Jersey Voter Rolls

In response to the Department of Justice’s lawsuit demanding access to New Jersey voter data, ACLU-NJ Executive Director Amol Sinha released the following statement:

“This lawsuit is the latest attack on our democracy by the Trump administration in its effort to undermine free and fair elections. Demanding sensitive voter information presents serious privacy threats for New Jersey’s voters and could be used to justify challenges and purges to disenfranchise voters. Elections, and thus voter information, are administered by states, and the Trump administration’s attempt to obtain New Jersey’s full, unredacted voter file is an unconstitutional and unlawful overreach and a brazen abuse of power. Since the beginning of the Trump administration, we have been tracking its attempts to erode our democracy, and we are prepared to continue fighting for the rights of voters.”