The issue focused on the participation of "citizens" who registered to vote and showed up to vote on Election Day and some congressional contests in Iowa and New Hampshire. Those who appeared to have voted were asked to provide identifying information to help identify the people who illegally voted for them in particular states.


The lawsuit argued that the evidence that citizens had registered to vote and participated in the election also made those citizens candidates and entitled to the rights of all other eligible citizens and must therefore be protected.


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