{"id":219721,"date":"2026-01-09T12:04:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/?page_id=219721"},"modified":"2026-01-20T23:08:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T04:08:51","slug":"aclu-fights-doj-overreach-to-protect-voter-privacy-and-sensitive-data","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/aclu-fights-doj-overreach-to-protect-voter-privacy-and-sensitive-data","title":{"rendered":"ACLU Fights DOJ Overreach to Protect Voter Privacy and Sensitive Data"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":187,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-219721","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"header-group":{"hero_image":211815,"mobile_hero_image":218998,"hero_video":"","hide_mute_button":[],"header-description":"The ACLU is leading a nationwide legal response to aggressive actions by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) seeking to compel states to hand over sensitive, private voter data.","show-subnav":false,"hide-from-subnav":false},"components":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"In lawsuits across more than twenty jurisdictions, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has demanded full, unredacted voter rolls\u2014including names, addresses, dates of birth, driver\u2019s license numbers, and partial Social Security numbers\u2014without clear explanation of how this sensitive data will be used or protected. These actions by the DOJ pose a profound threat to the privacy and security of voters\u2019 personal information and risk its misuse by the federal government for mass disenfranchisement.\r\n\r\nTo stop these federal overreach efforts, the ACLU \u2014 representing voters and civil rights groups \u2014 moved to intervene or appeared as a \u201cfriend of the court\u201d in over a dozen cases beginning in October 2025. The DOJ\u2019s requests are unjustified, undermine state privacy protections, and could be used to justify aggressive voter roll challenges or purges that disenfranchise eligible voters. Across the country, ACLU attorneys are working to block or dismiss these demands and protect voters\u2019 sensitive personal information.\r\n\r\nBy defending voter data against unwarranted federal collection, the ACLU aims to ensure that voters can participate in elections without fear that their information will be misused, exposed to hackers, or weaponized to repress turnout. These coordinated legal actions reaffirm the principle that states\u2014and voters themselves\u2014should control sensitive electoral information, not the federal government acting beyond its authority.\r\n\r\nLearn more about our legal interventions and \u201cfriend-of-court\u201d filings in:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/united-states-v-fontes\">Arizona<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/united-states-v-weber\">California<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/united-states-v-page\">California (Orange County)<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/united-states-v-griswold\">Colorado<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/united-states-v-raffensperger\">Georgia<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/united-states-v-nago\">Hawai'i<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/united-states-v-matthews\">Illinois<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/united-states-v-bellows-amicus\">Maine<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/united-states-v-demarinis\">Maryland<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/united-states-v-galvin\">Massachussetts<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/united-states-v-simon\">Minnesota<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/united-states-v-aguilar\">Nevada<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/united-states-v-oliver\">New Mexico<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/united-states-v-oregon\">Oregon<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/united-states-v-pennsylvania\">Pennsylvania<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/united-states-v-gregg-amore\">Rhode Island<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/united-states-v-evans\">Washington D.C.<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/united-states-v-wisconsin-elections-commission\">Wisconsin<\/a>"}}],"action":[212761]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>American Civil Liberties Union<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ACLU Fights DOJ Overreach to Protect Voter Privacy and Sensitive Data | American Civil Liberties Union\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/aclu-fights-doj-overreach-to-protect-voter-privacy-and-sensitive-data\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"American Civil Liberties Union\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-21T04:08:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@aclu\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/aclu-fights-doj-overreach-to-protect-voter-privacy-and-sensitive-data\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/aclu-fights-doj-overreach-to-protect-voter-privacy-and-sensitive-data\",\"name\":\"ACLU Fights DOJ Overreach to Protect Voter Privacy and Sensitive Data | American Civil Liberties Union\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-09T17:04:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-21T04:08:51+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/aclu-fights-doj-overreach-to-protect-voter-privacy-and-sensitive-data\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/\",\"name\":\"American Civil Liberties Union\",\"description\":\"The ACLU dares to create a more perfect union \u2014 beyond one person, party, or side. 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