DOJ quietly offered states secret deals to purge voter rolls
The DOJ privately offered to purge voters from unverified federal lists — with no public notice required
The DOJ sent confidential memoranda of understanding (MOUs) to more than a dozen states in late 2025 offering to identify ineligible voters using SAVE, SSA death records, and DHS databases
Key Concepts
Essential concepts and terms to understand this topic
Voting Rights Amendments
Constitutional amendments (15th, 19th, 24th, 26th) that progressively removed barriers to voting based on race, gender, wealth, and age.
Federal Court Limits
Jurisdictional limits on federal courts based on state sovereign immunity.
Oregon v. Mitchell
1970 Supreme Court case on congressional power to set voting age.
Voting Rights Expansion
Legal changes that gave more people access to the ballot
Jim Crow Evasion
Constitutional strategies used to circumvent 15th Amendment voting rights protections
Advice and Consent
The Senate''s power to approve or reject presidential appointments and treaties.
Racial Discrimination in Voting
Denying or restricting voting rights based on race, banned since 1870
Voting Rights Act
Federal statute prohibiting racial discrimination in voting and establishing federal oversight of election administration in jurisdictions with histories of discrimination.
Social Media Surveillance
Government monitoring of individuals' social media accounts and posts for enforcement purposes.
Key People
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Eric Neff
Acting Chief, DOJ Voting Section
Pam Bondi
U.S. Attorney General (confirmed 2025)
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Kris Kobach
Former Kansas Secretary of State, architect of Interstate Crosscheck
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Wisconsin Elections Commission
State election authority
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Senators Alex Padilla and Dick Durbin
U.S. Senators (D-CA and D-IL)
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