One of the great things about voting is that it is done in secret and only you know where you placed your vote….but is all that about to change?
The Trump administration has stepped up efforts to obtain personal information about tens of millions of voters across the country, including seeking sensitive data such as partial Social Security numbers.
The push, overseen by the Department of Justice, comes as President Donald Trump asserts a larger federal role in elections ahead of next year’s midterms, which are set to determine which party controls Congress during his last two years in the White House.
In recent weeks, state election officials have received letters from Harmeet Dhillon, who oversees the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, seeking unredacted copies of states’ voter registration databases. The information includes voters’ names, birthdates, addresses, and driver’s license numbers or the last four digits of their Social Security numbers.
The agency has told states that the information is necessary to ensure compliance with a federal law that requires states to maintain accurate voter registration rolls.
But some state officials who have received the missives argue that the Justice Department is overstepping its authority, given that states, and not the federal government, run elections and carry out voter-roll maintenance. Election officers in several states are refusing to comply with the demands, citing the need to guard voters’ privacy.
“We’re going to fight as far as we have to against this,” Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, a Democrat, told CNN in an interview. “I’m not going to give up the personal identifying information of my voters. It’s just not going to happen.”
State officials such as Fontes say they already have procedures in place to review the accuracy of their voting lists on a rolling basis. Any dataset about voters that states might send to the federal government would offer just a snapshot in time of a state’s voting population, and the information quickly becomes out of date, he added.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/01/politics/trump-voter-demands-social-security
I can understand the reasoning behind the voter ID initiative but this is just out right a crime…..your vote should be a secret unless you want the world to know your decision.
Just another nail in the coffin of voting rights being driven by Donny’s personal security force….the DOJ.
Too many Americans accept this invasion into their privacy under the guise of fighting voter fraud…..a fake crisis used to control the outcome of elections and punish those that may vote against Donny and his creepy band of sycophants.
Why do the mentally challenged allow this invasion of rights to continue….are they that stupid?
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
That’s a LOT of information, just to be able to vote. Over here, we have a form sent to the house. We fill in the names of elgible voters, sign it to declare we are of voting age, and that’s it. When we go to vote we have to show a photo I. D. and the photo is checked against our faces. But no details are written down from whatever I.D. we have shown.
Best wishes, Pete.
That is so simple but the conservs do not want it simple….they want to control who votes. I like your system the best. chuq
“… comes as President Donald Trump asserts a larger federal role in elections”
Of course he does! Like all other actions that (he considers) are under government (his) control, he wants the opportunity to manipulate and change the results to favor HIM.
And as you said, too many will go along with it out of either ignorance or indifference.
Nan did you read Pete’s comment? I like their style so much better. chuq
Yes, it’s good … but I can see Trump and his ilk coming up with loopholes and/or lies to get around the validity of the process.
This should be a n brainer for SCOTUS….but with that bunch of political hacks he may get away with it. chuq
Your vote will always be secret but your voter information includes your declaration of which party you support. Therefore, the government will now know whether you are a Republican, a Democrat or an Independent or whatever. Not a very good position to be in if someone ever decides to purge the population of undesirables.
John I refer you to the comment I posted to Nan…..chuq
Howdy Chuq!
DOGE — Remember DOGE? How quickly we forget these things — collected a ton of information about each and every one of us. While your vote may be “secret” with that information, it will be predictable with a high degree of accuracy.
By solving a problem that doesn’t exist, not only are we not dealing with reality — and we all know what we call people who are not dealing with reality — we are wasting time, money, and resources.
I’ve always said that we should assume the outcome of your action was your goal all along. The people who are going along with the, want our elections to be manipulated.
Blog On, Sibling!
Jack
I wanted to believe in the voter but I now believe that you are right….this is what they wanted all along. chuq
The blatant appeals to a white-only nation, the native-born, the true American and expectations to save your homeland and contribute to the coming golden age are all examples of what resonates with the rank and vile MAGA voter.
Jack
And that fills me if sadness….the voter is so damn shallow……chuq