United States v. Albence

The ACLU and ACLU of Delaware have filed a motion to intervene as Defendants in a suit brought by the Department of Justice against the Delaware State Election Commissioner, who refused to turn over voter file information except as required by law. The motion to intervene was filed on behalf of the Latin American Community Center, La Esperanza, Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and an eligible, registered Delaware voter.

DOJ’s lawsuit appears to be connected to governmental efforts to create a national voter database without congressional authorization, and to question the validity of certain states’ election administration process and voter rolls, and the status of certain voters.

The organizations and individual voter have successfully intervened into the lawsuit. They seek to prevent the federal government from forcing Delaware to turn over the entirety of its voter registration database and to protect sensitive data within the voter rolls.