Alaska Sued for Sharing Voter Data with Feds

0:00It's April 23rd. This is Anchorage News Today, powered by AI, Civil Rights Groups just filed a lawsuit against Alaska for handing over private voter info to the feds last year. We're talking home addresses, birth dates, and partial social security numbers from the full voter rolls. The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska, along with the National ACLU Voting Rights Project and the Electronic Privacy Information Center, represent the League of Women Voters and the Alaska Black Caucus. The suit claims this move breaks Alaska's constitutional privacy rules and gives the Justice Department too much say in kicking people off voter lists. Under the agreement signed by Lieutenant Governor Nancy Dahlstrom, the state has to remove anyone the feds flag as ineligible within 45 days, skipping the usual checks. Folks like ACLU Legal Director Eric Glatt argue Alaska already has a solid process for cleaning roles, so no need for federal overreach. They worry it could disenfranchise eligible voters, especially since the fed's database

1:04has a track record of false flags. State officials push back, saying a law lets them share data for legit reasons like following federal election rules. Dahlstrom insists the state keeps control and will stick to its procedures, but critics say the agreement's wording doesn't match that. The plaintiffs want a court order to block more data shares, declare the handoff unconstitutional and lock in the state's promises. It might take months or years for a ruling, but this fights just heating up over who really guards Alaska's vote.