Homeland Security retreats on plan to get data on mail-in voters

By: Jonathan Shorman

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: June 10, 2026

Words: 1,519

Last Updated: 1 day, 11 hours ago

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is walking back, for now, a plan to sweep up data on millions of Americans who vote by mail under President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail ballots.

In a federal court filing Monday night, the Justice Department significantly hedged the data-sharing plan, pulling back from a position the Trump administration advanced last week. DOJ lawyers now cast the idea as in the early stages and dependent …

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