US EditionJustice Department sues New York, 5 other states to force them to turn over voter data
The Justice Department alleges six states violated federal laws by withholding complete voter data and failing to explain voter roll maintenance, impeding election integrity efforts.
- On Thursday, the Justice Department filed federal lawsuits against California, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and New York to compel voter registration lists.
- DOJ officials say states' refusals and limited answers forced legal action, alleging incomplete voter data and insufficient responses hinder assessment of NVRA and HAVA compliance.
- The DOJ asked for specific identifying fields usually withheld from public voter files, seeking personally identifying data states don’t usually release, an Associated Press tally shows outreach to at least 26 states in recent months.
- Several secretaries of state vowed to fight the lawsuits, citing privacy and state law limits; Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson called the DOJ's request for more than 8 million state residents' data an `illegal and unconstitutional power grab`.
- The filings come as the Trump administration presses election-integrity priorities nationwide, following earlier suits this month in Oregon and Maine as part of a campaign the department says will reach every state.
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U.S. Justice Department sues 6 more states, including Pennsylvania, in its quest for voter data
The U.S. Justice Department is suing six more states, saying the states refused to turn over their voter registration lists. The lawsuits filed Thursday also accuse the states of failing to respond sufficiently to questions about how they maintain voter…
Justice Department sues New York, 5 other states to force them to turn over voter data
Harrisburg, Pa. — The U.S. Justice Department sued six more states on Thursday, saying the states are illegally blocking the agency’s wide-ranging effort to scrutinize detailed voter data in a brewing court fight over what states say is the private, protected information of residents.
Justice Department Sues Six States Over Voter Data
“The Department of Justice sued six states, including Pennsylvania, the nation’s biggest presidential battleground, as the Trump administration escalates its efforts to obtain the personal and private information of voters,” the New York Times reports. “The lawsuits, filed against California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, follows similar suits that the department brought against Maine and Oregon, two Democratic-c…
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