The Center for Election Innovation and Research (CEIR) is under federal investigation.
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Badlands MediaSep 16, 2026
Sources show that DHS Secretary Mullin asked the Justice Department in early September 2026 to investigate CEIR under the Driver's Privacy Protection Act, and CEIR denied the allegations. No source confirms that DOJ actually opened an investigation of CEIR as of 2026-09-16, so the claim's central assertion is neither confirmed nor contradicted.
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What was said
… Um, there's a lot more people than there was in 2020 that are up in arms about this now. Yeah. And now seeing people being arrested for those registrations on Skid Row. Triple the amount. Yeah. And oh, by the way, this live stream came out a few days after the revelation that CEIR is under federal investigation came out. And David Becker talks a little bit about that in that, very vaguely, very dismissive. Oh, it's just silliness from the Trump noise from the Trump administration. Uhm, but it, he had not given public discussion, like any interview I could find. …
Badlands Media · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Context. On September 2, 2026, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin sent a letter asking Attorney General Todd Blanche to review whether CEIR violated the Driver's Privacy Protection Act, which the White House released September 4.[1][2][3]
Context. CEIR executive director David Becker denied the allegations in a written statement, saying CEIR does not receive motor-vehicle or voter data on an ongoing basis.[1]
Context. A request for a federal probe is not the same as an open federal investigation. None of the provided sources says DOJ opened or confirmed an investigation of CEIR itself before September 16.[1][2]
Context. The October 29 CEIR statement concerns grand jury subpoenas to California election officials, not an investigation of CEIR, and it postdates the claim.[4]
Sources
4 sources: 4 not rated
- 1DHS threatens pro-voting group over its voter registration researchdemocracydocket.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 2DHS Secretary Mullin asked DOJ to investigate voter-data ...standingrecord.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 3Mullin asks DOJ to review voter data sharing tied to ...coloradopolitics.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 4CEIR responds to grand jury subpoenas to California ...electioninnovation.org · not rated · cited for: context
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