The claim
“The Trump administration is trying to obtain voter registration files from 30 states, including Arizona, to build a central database of all US citizens' personal information.”
Coverage of the Justice Department's lawsuits seeking states' voter rolls.
Our verdict
Misleading
The DOJ has sued at least 30 states for detailed voter rolls, and critics say it is building a national voter database, but the data covers registered voters, not all citizens, and the DOJ says its purpose is checking list maintenance.
What we found
The DOJ has sued at least 30 states and DC for voter data including dates of birth and partial Social Security numbers; a judge dismissed its Arizona case in April 2026. A DOJ lawyer acknowledged the data would be shared with DHS for citizenship checks, and the ACLU says it amounts to a national voter database. Describing it as a database of all citizens' personal information goes beyond the evidence.
The evidence
3 sources, all background: none settles the claim either way.
How we checked
We checked the claim against ACLU, AP via Las Vegas Sun, Democracy Docket. We reviewed 3 relevant sources.
Sources
- [1]AP via Las Vegas Sun · Federal judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit against Arizona seeking voter data
- [2]Democracy Docket · New lawsuit aims to block Trump DOJ from building national voter database via state voter roll grab
- [3]ACLU · United States v. Thomas
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