Federal judge tosses Trump administration lawsuit seeking full access to Illinois voter rolls

A downstate federal judge has rejected an effort by President Donald Trump’s administration to obtain full access to Illinois’ voter registration database, including sensitive personal data on more than 8 million residents statewide. The Justice Department’s request for the voter rolls “to ascertain Illinois’s compliance” with federal law isn’t a legitimate reason for demanding the vast trove of data, “as it does not relate to any suspected violation of voting,” Judge Colleen Lawless wrote in a…