Archive profile summary
Federal department whose components now sit at the center of the archive's 2025–26 election-data branch, including Heather Honey's election-integrity role and HSI/USCIS voter-data workflows.
Why this entry is in the archive
The government entry point for a major branch of the archive's current election-data research.
Department role
DHS is a cabinet department overseeing immigration, border security, cybersecurity and other homeland-security functions.
In 2025–26 it also became central to a federal election-data initiative involving state voter-registration information and immigration/citizenship records.
Heather Honey
DHS appointed Heather Honey to an election-integrity role in 2025. Her move from Pennsylvania election activism into the department is a documented personnel bridge.
Data workflow
Public filings and produced records describe HSI receiving large voter-data intakes and USCIS participating in analysis or record matching.
The archive keeps each data stream separate because immediate source, original provenance and legal authority may differ.
Evidence limits
Litigation allegations should not be treated as final judicial findings unless a court has resolved them.
The department's possession of voter data does not by itself establish unlawful use; legality and authorization depend on the source, purpose and governing statutes or state restrictions.
Timeline
- Election-activist network enters DHS
Heather Honey moves from outside election-focused organizing into a senior DHS election-integrity role. The archive records her earlier Pennsylvania Fair Elections/EIN link without treating organizational proximity as proof of broader coordination.
Heather Honey · Pennsylvania Fair Elections · Election Integrity Network
- Heather Honey enters DHS
Honey moves from Pennsylvania election-focused organizing into a newly created DHS election-integrity role, creating a documented outside-network-to-government personnel bridge.
Heather Honey · Pennsylvania Fair Elections · Election Integrity Network
- Federal voter-data collection becomes a major open question
HSI records document large voter-data intakes, including 48.4 million records attributed to Heather Honey's independent sources, while the original sources remain publicly unidentified.
Heather Honey · HSI voter-data collection effort · California voter-file provenance
- California-file provenance remains unresolved
An Oct. 26 declaration says HSI received what appeared to be California's voter list from an unnamed DHS senior counselor on March 19; the attached California delivery document has the recipient/purchaser identifying information redacted.
California voter-file provenance · HSI voter-data collection effort
Relationship records
Heather Honey → U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Election Integrity; later senior counselor · 2025–2026
Evidence status: documented
U.S. Department of Homeland Security → HSI voter-data collection effort
HSI is a DHS/ICE component participating in the 2026 voter-data intake and analytic workflow · 2026
Evidence status: documented