The DOJ sued Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C., demanding unfettered access to their voter rolls, which include sensitive personal data like social security numbers and birthdates.
DOJ sues three more states and DC, expanding campaign of voter data lawsuits to 21
The Department of Justice sued Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C. demanding unfettered access to their voter rolls, which include sensitive personal data like social security numbers and birthdates.
Local officials and legal experts decried the DOJ’s campaign as an unconstitutional attack on states’ authority to run elections and an illegal attempt to create an unprecedented national voter database.
In its complaint against D.C., DOJ voting lawyer Brittany Bennett — who was previously involved in a lawsuit seeking to ban Dominion voting machines in Georgia — accidentally left annotation comments on the filing.
Delaware, Hawaii voters push back against DOJ data grab
Two Delaware voters filed a motion to intervene as defendants in the DOJ’s lawsuit seeking the state’s complete voter registration database.
The NAACP California-Hawaii State Conference filed a motion to intervene as a defendant in the DOJ's lawsuit seeking Hawaii's complete statewide voter registration database. (The voters in both lawsuits are represented by ELG, of which Democracy Docket Founder Marc Elias is the chair).
So what’s the deal with the DOJ’s voter rolls obsession?
With the 2026 midterms 11 months away, the DOJ is frantically pressuring and suing states to hand over the private data of millions of Americans. One expert speculates this unprecedented push is a "power grab and a fishing expedition...meant to undermine state authority over elections."
Huntington Beach, California appealed to the California Supreme Court after a state appeals court struck down the city’s strict voter ID requirement for municipal elections.
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