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DHS Threatens Election Officials With Prison Time Over a Voter Database a Judge Already Blocked as Flawed

Homeland Security Secretary Kevin Mullin said state election officials could face fines, penalties or prison time if they do not cooperate with the federal SAVE system. The warning came weeks after a federal judge blocked the overhauled database, finding it risked privacy violations and wrongful voter removals.

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DHS Threatens Election Officials With Prison Time Over a Voter Database a Judge Already Blocked as Flawed

Homeland Security Secretary Kevin Mullin said state election officials could face fines, penalties or prison time if they do not cooperate with the federal SAVE system. The warning came weeks after a federal judge blocked the overhauled database, finding it risked privacy violations and wrongful voter removals.

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The family of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo says a white crystal-like substance federal investigators linked to possible drug offenses was actually a homemade electrolyte mix used by outdoor workers in Houston heat. The dispute has become a central issue in the fallout from the July 7 fatal ICE shooting in east Houston.

DHS Threatens Election Officials With Prison Time Over a Voter Database a Judge Already Blocked as Flawed

Homeland Security Secretary Kevin Mullin said state election officials could face fines, penalties or prison time if they do not cooperate with the federal SAVE system. The warning came weeks after a federal judge blocked the overhauled database, finding it risked privacy violations and wrongful voter removals.

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DHS Threatens Election Officials With Prison Time Over a Voter Database a Judge Already Blocked as Flawed

Homeland Security Secretary Kevin Mullin said state election officials could face fines, penalties or prison time if they do not cooperate with the federal SAVE system. The warning came weeks after a federal judge blocked the overhauled database, finding it risked privacy violations and wrongful voter removals.

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