Schumer, Jeffries Sue Trump Administration Over Voter Roll Purge Push 13 Days Before Midterms
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 21
Schumer, Jeffries Sue Trump Administration Over Voter Roll Purge Push 13 Days Before Midterms
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 21
Summary
Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries joined a federal lawsuit in Washington alleging the Trump administration unlawfully pushed states to remove suspected noncitizens from voter rolls just 13 days before the Nov. 3 midterms.
The complaint says the Department of Homeland Security used unreliable noncitizen lists and pressured state and local election officials to comply, despite states controlling voter registration and ballot counting under federal law.
Schumer accused President Donald Trump of trying to strip Americans of voting rights and said Democrats went to court to stop federal interference in election administration.
The administration has defended the effort as a lawful election-integrity measure aimed at preventing noncitizen voting, setting up a legal clash over federal authority as voting is already underway.