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DHS voter probe may break state laws and wrongly implicate U.S. citizens, whistleblower alleges

NEW YORK — A last-ditch Trump administration effort to hunt for noncitizen voters ahead of November’s elections is requiring federal employees to misrepresent themselves on voter lookup tools in a way that likely violates state laws, according to a federal whistleblower’s statement released Monday. The Department of Homeland Security probe

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Pittsburgh Tribune-Review· Sep 14, 7:10 PMDHS voter probe may break state laws and wrongly implicate U.S. citizens, whistleblower allegesAlso ran in Baltimore Sun, Boulder Daily Camera, Hartford Courant, Los Angeles Times, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, Reading Eagle, San Diego Union-Tribune, Santa Ana Orange County Register, Santa Rosa Press Democrat, St. Paul Pioneer Press, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Boston Herald, The Denver Post, The Mercury News

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Trump administration pushes back on critics of voter probeThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security is defending its search of what it called "publicly available data" in personal voting records in Virginia and other states, even though Attorney General Jay Jones said the federal actions may violate state law.

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