LINCOLN, Neb. (CN) — Four months after Nebraska officials turned voter data over to the U.S. Department of Justice, the state Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the move as moot.
The decision is a rare setback in recent weeks for those fighting the DOJ’s efforts to vacuum up voter data across the United States. In April a federal judge sided with Rhode Island, writing federal law did not allow the department “to conduct the kind of fishing expedition it seeks here.” Last week a federal judge in Maryland dismissed a DOJ lawsuit over the state’s voter records.
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