A watchdog group is alleging that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is refusing to divulge key details on how the agency is enforcing President Joe Biden’s executive order signed last year that directed federal agencies to increase voter turnout.
The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) filed a lawsuit against the DOJ earlier this year about how it is implementing the executive order, signed in March 2021 and titled, “Promoting Access to Voting.” Text of the order, according to a White House statement, is laced with claims that black Americans and other minority groups have faced “faced discriminatory policies” and as such, federal agencies should partner with local, state, and other election officials to “protect and promote the exercise of the right to vote, eliminate discrimination and other barriers to voting, and expand access to voter registration and accurate election information.”…