Minnesota election officials denied a new Justice Department demand targeting the state’s same-day voter registration and vouching system, rejecting what they describe as an unlawful federal attempt to intrude on sensitive voter information and state authority over elections.
The Justice Department sued Virginia for refusing to hand over unredacted voter registration data, making it the 24th state targeted in a sweeping federal campaign that courts have already begun to shut down.
United States of America v. Beals
An anti-voting lawsuit seeking to compel Virginia to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database.
A federal court dismissed the Trump Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking access to California’s full voter registration database, warning that the government’s bid for the voter records “threatens the right to vote which is the cornerstone of American democracy.”
A federal judge in Oregon made the first ruling in one of the lawsuits the Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched against 23 states and Washington D.C., reportedly refusing to grant their demand for the state’s unredacted voter registration records.
Our team has been digging in on what’s probably the most important ongoing voting story of 2026, which will shape the voting access landscape for the midterms: the unprecedented push by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to obtain state voter rolls.
The Department of Justice sued Arizona and Connecticut Tuesday, expanding its unprecedented campaign to force states to turn over their unredacted voter rolls.
United States of America v. Fontes
An anti-voting lawsuit seeking to compel Arizona to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database.
United States of America v. Thomas
An anti-voting lawsuit seeking to compel Connecticut to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database.
The Justice Department is demanding states surrender their private voter data in the name of election integrity. But its rapidly expanding crusade to seize that data has been riddled with sloppy filings and a growing list of self-inflicted embarrassments that undercut the department’s claim to competence.
