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.
One Republican lawyer who worked to overturn the 2020 election alongside leaders of the effort, and a second who was a senior member of Cleta Mitchell’s anti-voting network, were recently hired to work on voting issues at the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice.
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.
United States of America v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
An anti-voting lawsuit seeking to compel Wisconsin to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database.
United States of America v. Evans
An anti-voting lawsuit seeking to compel Washington, D.C. to provide the DOJ with access to its complete voter registration database.