Trump’s DOJ offers states confidential deal to remove voters flagged by feds

By: Jonathan Shorman

Outlets: Stateline

Published: December 18, 2025

Words: 2,194

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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The U.S. Department of Justice has sent a confidential draft agreement to more than a dozen states that would require election officials to remove any alleged ineligible voters identified during a federal review of their voter rolls.

The agreement — called a memorandum of understanding, or MOU — would hand the federal government a major role in election administration, a responsibility that belongs to the states under the U.S. Constitution.

A Justice Department official identified …

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