A coalition of civil rights organizations and labor unions filed an emergency federal lawsuit in Seattle on Friday seeking to block the Department of Justice from coercing Washington state election officials into segregating mail-in ballots.
The advocacy groups asserted that this administrative posture violates core provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, which prohibits arbitrary federal agency actions that overturn state statutory duties without reasoned factual support.
All voter registrations require verification against Social Security Administration records or Department of Licensing identity files.
The Department of Justice derived its 405-name roster from historical Department of Homeland Security immigration files and Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements records.
County auditors maintain strict legal chains of custody designed to prevent external political actors from influencing ballot handling.
A coalition of voting rights groups has filed an emergency federal lawsuit in Seattle against the Trump administration and Department of Justice to block eleventh-hour demands targeting 405 voters on Washington voter rolls.