Overview
- Jefferson County Clerk David Yates filed a motion to intervene in federal court, announced at a Tuesday news conference, to oppose producing Kentucky's unredacted voter registration list.
- The motion was submitted in partnership with the Jefferson County Attorney's Office, and County Attorney Mike O'Connell called the Justice Department's lawsuit a federal misstep.
- The DOJ sued Kentucky's secretary of state and State Board of Elections seeking full voter files that include birth dates, addresses, Social Security numbers, and driver’s license numbers.
- Prosecutors cite authority under the Civil Rights Act to obtain and inspect comprehensive voter rolls as part of a broader national effort also targeting other states.
- Kentucky's State Board of Elections has asked the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky to dismiss the case, and the court is considering both the dismissal request and Yates's intervention.