#Voting Rights Act

Judge Halts DHS Voter Citizenship Probes Ahead of Midterms, Citing Intimidation Fears

A federal judge has halted the Department of Homeland Security's operations to identify non-citizen voters in nine states, ruling that the probes may violate the Voting Rights Act by intimidating citizens. The DHS stated its aim was to remove illegal voters, but plaintiffs argued the investigations were based on flawed data and wrongly targeted citizens.