Civil rights groups seek ruling to block DOJ use of Fulton County election data
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Civil rights groups are asking a federal court to block the Justice Department immediately from using election materials seized in a January raid of a Fulton County elections facility, warning that the data could be repurposed to build what they described as a “national voter database” of eligible voters.
In a motion filed late Sunday, the NAACP and allied organizations argued that Georgia voters entrusted the state with “sensitive personal information” when registering to vote and that the Jan. 28 seizure of ballots and related records “breached that guarantee, infringed constitutional protections of privacy, and interfered with the right to vote.”
The Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center is seen on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, in Union City, Georgia, near Atlanta, as FBI agents search at the main election facility. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
“NAACP members believe there is a substantial risk their sensitive data will … be improperly disclosed to agencies and third parties or misused to create a national voter database, purge eligible voters, or used for other improper purposes, chilling their right to vote, free from intimidation,” the filing states.
The motion asks the court to fast-track the dispute, proposing a full briefing schedule by Feb. 24, and to impose strict limits on how federal investigators may use the materials. Specifically, the groups want a judge to bar the government from using the data for anything beyond the criminal investigation outlined in the search warrant, including voter roll maintenance, election administration, or immigration enforcement.
Civil rights groups seek limits and disclosures
The motion also asks the court to order the government to produce a detailed inventory of everything seized, identify anyone who accessed the records outside the investigative team, disclose whether copies were made, and explain the safeguards in place to secure the information.
The request was filed by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law on behalf of the NAACP’s national, Georgia, and Atlanta branches, along with the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda.
FBI agents executed the warrant at an elections hub just south of Atlanta, seeking documents tied to the 2020 election. According to a copy of the search warrant, investigators collected ballots, scanner tabulator tapes, electronic ballot images generated during counting and recounting, and voter registration rolls.
Fulton County officials separately have …
Ask who never gets charged.
Civil rights groups are asking a federal court to block the Justice Department immediately from using election materials seized in a January raid of a Fulton County elections facility, warning that the data could be repurposed to build what they described as a “national voter database” of eligible voters.
In a motion filed late Sunday, the NAACP and allied organizations argued that Georgia voters entrusted the state with “sensitive personal information” when registering to vote and that the Jan. 28 seizure of ballots and related records “breached that guarantee, infringed constitutional protections of privacy, and interfered with the right to vote.”
The Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center is seen on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, in Union City, Georgia, near Atlanta, as FBI agents search at the main election facility. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
“NAACP members believe there is a substantial risk their sensitive data will … be improperly disclosed to agencies and third parties or misused to create a national voter database, purge eligible voters, or used for other improper purposes, chilling their right to vote, free from intimidation,” the filing states.
The motion asks the court to fast-track the dispute, proposing a full briefing schedule by Feb. 24, and to impose strict limits on how federal investigators may use the materials. Specifically, the groups want a judge to bar the government from using the data for anything beyond the criminal investigation outlined in the search warrant, including voter roll maintenance, election administration, or immigration enforcement.
Civil rights groups seek limits and disclosures
The motion also asks the court to order the government to produce a detailed inventory of everything seized, identify anyone who accessed the records outside the investigative team, disclose whether copies were made, and explain the safeguards in place to secure the information.
The request was filed by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law on behalf of the NAACP’s national, Georgia, and Atlanta branches, along with the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda.
FBI agents executed the warrant at an elections hub just south of Atlanta, seeking documents tied to the 2020 election. According to a copy of the search warrant, investigators collected ballots, scanner tabulator tapes, electronic ballot images generated during counting and recounting, and voter registration rolls.
Fulton County officials separately have …
Civil rights groups seek ruling to block DOJ use of Fulton County election data
Ask who never gets charged.
Civil rights groups are asking a federal court to block the Justice Department immediately from using election materials seized in a January raid of a Fulton County elections facility, warning that the data could be repurposed to build what they described as a “national voter database” of eligible voters.
In a motion filed late Sunday, the NAACP and allied organizations argued that Georgia voters entrusted the state with “sensitive personal information” when registering to vote and that the Jan. 28 seizure of ballots and related records “breached that guarantee, infringed constitutional protections of privacy, and interfered with the right to vote.”
The Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center is seen on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, in Union City, Georgia, near Atlanta, as FBI agents search at the main election facility. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
“NAACP members believe there is a substantial risk their sensitive data will … be improperly disclosed to agencies and third parties or misused to create a national voter database, purge eligible voters, or used for other improper purposes, chilling their right to vote, free from intimidation,” the filing states.
The motion asks the court to fast-track the dispute, proposing a full briefing schedule by Feb. 24, and to impose strict limits on how federal investigators may use the materials. Specifically, the groups want a judge to bar the government from using the data for anything beyond the criminal investigation outlined in the search warrant, including voter roll maintenance, election administration, or immigration enforcement.
Civil rights groups seek limits and disclosures
The motion also asks the court to order the government to produce a detailed inventory of everything seized, identify anyone who accessed the records outside the investigative team, disclose whether copies were made, and explain the safeguards in place to secure the information.
The request was filed by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law on behalf of the NAACP’s national, Georgia, and Atlanta branches, along with the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda.
FBI agents executed the warrant at an elections hub just south of Atlanta, seeking documents tied to the 2020 election. According to a copy of the search warrant, investigators collected ballots, scanner tabulator tapes, electronic ballot images generated during counting and recounting, and voter registration rolls.
Fulton County officials separately have …
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