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Inside Trump’s Fight for Your Voter Data
CNN 5 Things
Apr 12, 2026

DEK: The Trump administration’s effort to build a national citizen database is running into roadblocks in court and alarming some election officials on both sides of the aisle. But what is this data for? And how could it be used? We hear from one election official about why he’s pushing back, and look at how election integrity concerns are playing out in other parts of the country. 

For more: Trump is trying to build a massive voter database. Election officials are afraid of what he’ll do with it 

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Guests: David Yates, Jefferson County (KY) Clerk & Tierney Sneed, CNN Reporter 

Host: David Rind 

Producer: Paola Ortiz 

Showrunner: Felicia Patinkin

Photo: Carlos Osorio/Reuters/File