US DOJ sues six states for private voter data, voting rolls

Source: Politico

“The Department of Justice is suing six additional states to compel them to share their statewide voter registration lists with the federal government, an unusual request that has drawn pushback from election officials in both parties in the past. DOJ’s Civil Rights Division filed federal lawsuits Thursday against election officials in California, New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and New Hampshire claiming the states violated federal law by refusing to share voter rolls with the Trump administration. Access to voting rolls varies state by state, but the rolls are generally released to the public and government agencies with voters’ private data — like driver’s license numbers or the last four digits of Social Security numbers — redacted. The DOJ’s lawsuits demand the rolls with that data included.” (09/25/25)

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/25/department-of-justice-voting-rolls-data-00581182