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The Trump administration is scaling back its controversial plan to collect data on mail voters, reversing course after court pressure and criticism. What began as an aggressive executive order demanding state voter lists and federal data compilation is now being framed as preliminary and conditional on Postal Service rules. Homeland Security has officially updated its stance, dropping the push to use mail ballot data for investigative leads. Critics, including Democrats and voting rights advocates, slammed the original plan as an unconstitutional intrusion into state elections and a threat to Postal Service independence. While the Justice Department still seeks to flag noncitizen voters, it hasn’t succeeded yet. The administration remains on track to deliver state-level citizenship lists by June 30, but voters may not get access to correct their own records until later — creating a potential gap where federal data exists before individuals can review it.

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