#voter-data

#voter-data

The Social Security Administration made two Hatch Act violation referrals last month after a Department of Government Efficiency employee signed an agreement to share SSA data with a political advocacy group, according to a new court filing. That advocacy organization isn't named in the document, but its "stated aim was to find evidence of voter fraud and to overturn election results in certain States." Last March, the advocacy group contacted two DOGE associates at SSA "with a request to analyze state voter rolls that the advocacy group had acquired," the court filing says.

It has accused states of failing to respond sufficiently to questions about the procedures they take to maintain voter rolls. The department has sued 23 states, most of them controlled by Democrats, and the District of Columbia for detailed voter data that includes names, dates of birth, residential addresses, driver's license numbers and partial Social Security numbers. State election officials have questioned what the DOJ plans to do with that information.

In Colorado, the Department of Justice demanded all records relating to the 2024 election and any records from the 2020 election. This marks an expansion of the DOJ's focus.