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AG Bondi's Voter Roll Demands Spark Legal Controversy

1/29/2026

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Attorney General Pam Bondi's letter to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz intensifies scrutiny of the Justice Department's push for state voter rolls amid immigration tensions.
A federal judge in Oregon expresses concerns that Bondi's demands could undermine the Civil Rights Act and notes that courts have dismissed similar DOJ suits in California and Georgia.
Critics call the data request coercive and linked to ICE violence.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi's letter to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz intensifies scrutiny of the Justice Department's push for state voter rolls amid immigration tensions.
A federal judge in Oregon expresses concerns that Bondi's demands could undermine the Civil Rights Act and notes that courts have dismissed similar DOJ suits in California and Georgia.
Critics call the data request coercive and linked to ICE violence.