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CSB News USA · 11:28 AM

A federal court’s dismissal of the Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking sensitive Georgia voter information has intensified the debate over election security, privacy and federal authority.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice seeking access to Georgia’s complete and unredacted voter registration records, marking another development in the ongoing legal dispute between the Trump administration and Georgia election officials. The case centered on whether Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger could be required to provide the federal government with sensitive information contained in the state’s voter registration database. U.S. District Judge Victoria Marie Calvert dismissed the lawsuit on September 30, 2026. The decision does not establish that Georgia is hiding illegal voters, nor does it determine that undocumented immigrants or other ineligible people are voting illegally in the state. Instead, the court focused on the legal authority of the federal government to obtain sensitive voter information and whether the federal laws cited by the Justice Department require Georgia to turn over information protected under state law. The Justice Department had sought extensive voter registration information, including names, dates of birth, residential addresses, driver’s license information and portions of Social…

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