Alaska Sues DOJ Over Voter Data Sharing

0:00It's April 23rd from your city to your ears. This is Anchorage News Today, powered by AI, I'm Cory with the story. Civil rights groups just filed a lawsuit against Alaska's division of elections, saying the state broke the Constitution by handing over voter roles to the U.S. Department of Justice. They accuse officials of violating privacy rights by sharing full names, birth dates, addresses, and driver's license or partial social security, numbers last August. Alaska's one of 12 states that went along with the DOJ's demand from last July, even signing an agreement to boot our voters, the Fed's flag as, ineligible. Folks are fired up about this, sparking debates on voter data privacy and federal meddling in state elections. Lawmakers grilled elections bosses and hearings after the news dropped in February and groups like the League of Women, voters, and Alaska Black Caucus are leading the charge with ACLU help. The suit wants the court to scrap that agreement, block future sharing, and force the DOJ to

1:03delete Alaska's data. State lawyers say it's all legal under federal and state laws for voter maintenance, with strict rules on use and security. Meanwhile, a state senator backs the lawsuit, warning in hands election control to Washington and risks wrongly purging Alaskans from roles. This fight just heating up an Anchorage court, testing where state privacy ends and federal power begins.