Overview
- The Justice Department filed suits against Utah, Oklahoma, Kentucky, West Virginia and New Jersey after officials declined to provide full statewide voter registration files.
- The department cites Title III of the Civil Rights Act of 1960 as the basis to demand, inspect and copy election records, and references NVRA and HAVA in its requested relief.
- Similar DOJ cases have been dismissed in California, Michigan and Oregon, and the department has appealed those rulings.
- The complaints seek current electronic voter lists including full name, date of birth, residential address and either driver’s license numbers or the last four digits of Social Security numbers, with production requested within days of a court order.
- State officials say disclosing unredacted files violates privacy laws, noting some have provided only public or redacted data, and officials in Utah and New Jersey pledged to fight the suits while Oklahoma signaled willingness to comply with lawful requests.