Judge Orders D.H.S. to Restore 4 States’ Access to Citizenship Data

The ruling, based on an agreement the Trump administration signed with Florida last year, contradicted an earlier order by a judge in Washington that required the access be suspended.Election workers counting ballots in Largo, Fla., in 2024. An order by a federal judge in Florida on Tuesday allowed bulk searches of a federal citizenship database by state officials to check voter eligibility.