Groups sue Alaska election officials, allege the sharing of voter data with DOJ was unconstitutional

JUNEAU, Alaska — Voting and civil rights groups sued Alaska elections officials Wednesday, alleging that their sharing of the state’s full voter registration list with the U.S. Department of Justice violates the state constitution.

Alaska is one of at least 12 states that has provided or said it would provide detailed information about its voters – including date of birth, driver’s license number or partial Social Security number – to the Trump administration, according to the Brennan Center. Alaska and Texas also signed agreements when they shared data in which the department outlined plans for its own analysis of voter files, its plans to flag voter list issues and directions for removing voters deemed ineligible.

Several other states provided the data, but refused those agreements, as part of a wide-ranging effort by the Justice Department to obtain detailed voter data from every state. Some elections officials have expressed concern the