丹佛—— 今天， Common Cause 和 3 位科罗拉多州选民（由美国公民自由联盟投票权项目和科罗拉多州美国公民自由联盟代表） 提交了介入动议 在 United States of States of America v. Griswold to prevent the Department of Justice (DOJ) from obtaining Colorado voters’ personal data.   

In May, the DOJ asked Colorado to turn over voters’ full names, dates of birth, addresses, driver’s license numbers, and partial Social Security numbers — this includes highly sensitive data that is protected under state and federal law. Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold previously shared only publicly available data in response to the requests but declined to share more sensitive data protected under the law.  

The intervenors argue that the DOJ’s request threatens voter privacy and could enable voter disenfranchisement. They are represented by attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Colorado. 

Other voters joining the case include a naturalized citizen from Cote d’Ivoire, Dr. Anne Keke who serves on the Aurora School Board, and Colorado Common Cause Advisory Board Chair Kyle Giddings, who previously served a felony sentence and had his right to vote restored in 2019 when Colorado passed legislation to re-enfranchise people with felony convictions after completing their sentence of confinement. These individuals have an interest in this case because their backgrounds place them at heightened risk of DOJ targeting, a threat that extends to countless other Colorado voters. 

This lawsuit follows months of back and forth between Griswold and the DOJ regarding Colorado’s state voter file. 联邦官员 已确认 11月 that the DOJ shared voter information with the Department of Homeland Security to search for noncitizens, Griswold led a group of secretaries of state 询问该部门是否在选民信息的使用方式上误导了他们。  

该文件强调了入籍公民和因重罪定罪后恢复投票权的人面临的被错误标记为不合格选民的威胁。   

“华盛顿那些未经选举的官僚无权获取科罗拉多州居民的敏感个人信息。” “公共事业”科罗拉多州执行主任艾莉·贝尔克纳普说道。 “Handing this data over to the federal government violates the law and would put voters’ private information in the hands of dangerous election conspiracy peddlers. Common Cause is fighting to protect the rights of Colorado voters, and to prevent the potential misuse of their data.” 

“科罗拉多州和全国各地的选民都应该知道，他们的个人信息是安全的，并且只会用于维护准确记录的既定目的。” said Maryam Jazini Dorcheh, Senior Director of Litigation at Common Cause“我们致力于捍卫科罗拉多州乃至全美选民的权利和隐私，而这起案件只是我们介入以确保这些保护措施得到维护的众多案件之一。”  

“Colorado’s safe, secure, and accessible elections form the backbone of our state’s democracy. The Trump administration’s overbroad demand for sensitive data, however, threatens to undermine voter trust and participation,” said 科罗拉多州美国公民自由联盟法律主任蒂姆·麦克唐纳“我们绝不容忍这种恐吓行为。我们将继续致力于保护每一位选民的权利和隐私。” 

“这关乎保护选民的敏感个人信息，”他说。 特蕾莎·J·李，美国公民自由联盟投票权项目的高级律师“联邦政府正寻求以前所未有的方式获取选民数据，却拒绝解释这些数据将如何使用、谁可以访问以及如何保护这些数据。这种保密做法造成了不可接受的风险，即这些信息可能被武器化，用来针对或剥夺符合资格的选民的投票权。” 

共同事业（此前） 在内布拉斯加州提起诉讼 为了保护州选民数据，该组织已与美国公民自由联盟（ACLU）投票权项目联合提交动议，要求作为被告介入司法部针对该组织的诉讼。 新墨西哥州, 马里兰州, 罗德岛, 宾夕法尼亚州， 和 明尼苏达州 因为未能交出选民的私人数据。 

要查看科罗拉多州的备案文件， 点击这里.  

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