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(CN) — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration’s request to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the president’s sweeping changes to the U.S. election process, which Democratic states claim is “blatantly unconstitutional.” In a 30-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Denise Casper found that the states sufficiently pleaded their standing and that they’d face immediate harm under the new rules, which would implement a documentary proof of citizenship voting requirement and ban counting mail-in ballots received after Election Day. Eric Uebelcker, Courthouse News Service.
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Voter Registration Database Security
Successes, Challenges, and Areas for Improvement
By Kira Flemke, April Tan, and Kyle Upchurch
Center for Election Innovation & Research
Voter registration databases (VRDBs) are a critical piece of election infrastructure that store centralized state voter registration lists. They perform a range of important functions, including verifying voter eligibility. Election officials have worked hard in recent years to strengthen VRDB security to ensure elections are secure and successful.
However, the demands of election security continue to evolve. And looking ahead, some officials and experts are concerned that the federal government has stopped providing assistance that was instrumental to securing past elections. To track developments in VRDB security, the Center for Election Innovation and Research (CEIR) has surveyed states about VRDB security every two years since 2018.
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