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Judge Strikes Down Trump Voter-Roll Audit Plan

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  • Judge Sparkle Sooknanan struck down the Trump administration's voter-roll audit plan.
  • The 78-page decision voided the policy requiring states to provide unredacted voter rolls.
  • Sooknanan said the policy violated the Administrative Procedure Act and the Privacy Act.
  • Eighteen states had already complied with the Justice Department's voter-file request.
  • The ruling affirmed that Congress, not the federal government, controls voter-roll authority.