Overview
- The Arizona ruling, issued Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Susan Brnovich, dismissed the DOJ suit with prejudice and found the statewide voter list is not obtainable under the 1960 Civil Rights Act.
- The decision is at least the sixth loss for the administration after similar dismissals in California, Massachusetts, Michigan, Oregon, and Rhode Island.
- The Justice Department has sued about 30 states and Washington, D.C., to force release of unredacted voter files that include birthdates, home addresses, driver’s license numbers, and partial Social Security numbers.
- At least 13 states have provided or pledged voter lists, while a DOJ lawyer acknowledged in a Rhode Island case that collected data is shared with Homeland Security for citizenship checks using the SAVE database.
- Appeals are underway in several circuits with roughly two dozen cases still pending, prolonging fights over privacy risks, SAVE’s accuracy, and how any federal use of the data could shape voter roll maintenance before the 2026 midterms.