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GOP Election Officials Resist Trump DOJ Push for Non-Public Voter Data

Bipartisan resistance has coalesced over state privacy limits plus a proposed 45‑day timetable for removing suspected ineligible voters.

A sign is displayed outside of the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice building in Washington, DC, on June 1, 2025.
Voters fill out their ballots at a polling place in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Election Day, November 4, 2025.
An FBI employee stands inside the Fulton County elections center in Georgia on January 28, as the FBI seizes 2020 election ballots.
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Overview

  • At least six Republican-led state election offices have declined to hand over non-public voter information such as Social Security numbers, driver’s license IDs and home addresses.
  • Several Republican administrators supplied data yet refused to sign the Justice Department’s agreement, citing a contested term that would give states 45 days to address issues flagged by federal reviewers.
  • Only Alaska and Texas have signed the DOJ memorandum, while roughly a dozen other states are providing data without entering the agreement.
  • The department has sued about 25 mostly Democratic states to obtain unredacted rolls, and some judges have rejected DOJ claims that federal law overrides state privacy protections, with no new suits filed since December.
  • West Virginia’s election chief says DOJ officials indicated they want to compare state rolls to the federal SAVE immigration database, a plan election administrators warn can misidentify naturalized citizens.