DOJ sues 6 states for private voter data, voting rolls

Photo: Attorney General Pam Bondi. Photo credit: Official White House photo by Abe McNatt via Flickr. US government work. Article by Aaron Pellish. Politico – updated September 25, 2025.

The Department of Justice is suing six additional states to compel them to share their statewide voter registration lists with the federal government, an unusual request that has drawn pushback from election officials in both parties in the past. DOJ’s Civil Rights Division filed federal lawsuits Thursday against election officials in California, New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and New Hampshire claiming the states violated federal law by refusing to share voter rolls with the Trump administration. […]

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