DOJ Sues Five States Over Voter Rolls
The Noah Report homepage has 60 new headlines every 24 hours - click here to see it.
The Trump administration has sued more states demanding access to their voter rolls.
Utah, Oklahoma, Kentucky, West Virginia, and New Jersey were the states sued.
The Department of Justice filed suit Thursday against five additional states, demanding they share election data with the Trump administration amid its nationwide push for access to state voter rolls.
With the latest wave of legal action, the DOJ has now sued more than two dozen states as a part of its push for access to voter files. Most of those states are controlled by Democrats, although the latest spate of suits includes four states — Utah, Oklahoma, Kentucky and West Virginia — who supported President Donald Trump in 2020 and 2024 The fifth state sued Thursday was New Jersey.
The Trump administration has ramped up efforts to take power over election administration in recent months, despite the fact that the Constitution delegates that authority to the states.
Harmeet K. Dhillon, the Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, said in a statement, “Many state election officials, however, are choosing to fight us in court rather than show their work. We will not be deterred, regardless of party affiliation, from carrying out critical election integrity legal duties.”
Today, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced it has filed federal lawsuits against five states — Utah, Oklahoma, Kentucky, West Virginia, and New Jersey — for failure to produce their full voter registration lists upon request. This brings the Justice Department’s nationwide total to 29 states and the District of Columbia.
“Accurate, well-maintained voter rolls are a requisite for the election integrity that the American people deserve,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “This latest series of litigation underscores that This Department of Justice is fulfilling its duty to ensure transparency, voter roll maintenance, and secure elections across the country.”
“The Justice Department will continue to fulfill its oversight role dutifully, neutrally, and transparently wherever Americans vote in federal elections,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “Many state election officials, however, are choosing to fight us in court rather than show their work. We will not be deterred, regardless of party affiliation, from carrying out critical election integrity legal duties.”
According to the lawsuits, the Attorney General is uniquely charged by Congress with broad authority to request election records under the Civil Rights Act of 1960. This Act allows her to demand the production, inspection, and analysis of statewide voter registration lists that can be cross-checked effectively for improper registrations.
The Trump administration is taking election integrity seriously!
