THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - DOJ Denied Access to D.C. Voter Rolls by Obama Judge.
A federal judge ruled that the Justice Department cannot compel Washington, D.C., to hand over its full voter list, citing legal limitations under the Civil Rights Act of 1960.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A federal judge appointed by Barack Obama has rejected the U.S. Justice Department’s effort to obtain Washington, D.C.’s complete voter registration list , ruling the agency lacks the legal authority to compel the city to provide names, birthdates, identification numbers, and other nonpublic voter information. U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss ruled that the Civil Rights Act of 1960 permits the attorney general to request individual voter registration records but does not authorize access to a state’s or district’s compiled voter registration list. DETAIL: The Justice Department argued it needed the data to compare voter records against federal databases to identify potentially ineligible voters,…Open