DOJ sues Virginia for not providing voter data [View all]
Source: The Hill
01/16/26 10:22 PM ET
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday sued Virginia for not handing over state voter data, the latest among several states the department has targeted in an effort to retrieve registration information from individuals across the country since last year. Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general to the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, shared screenshots of the lawsuit in a post on the social platform X.
“Virginia becomes the next state sued for ignoring federal law!” she wrote. “@TheJusticeDept means business — and @CivilRights will keep fighting to clean up voter rolls. Happy Friday!”
The DOJ has sued 14 other states for not complying with its request to produce documents that tabulate their respective statewide voter registration lists. In September, the department filed lawsuits against California, New York, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Maine and Oregon. The DOJ then sued Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington in December.
Earlier this month, a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit against California. U.S. District Judge David O. Carter said the attempt to gather the personal information of voters would have a chilling effect on voter registration and impact future elections.
Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5693787-doj-sues-virginia-voter-data/
As a note, a judge in Oregon is about to throw out THAT suit too - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143600099
GOP - Waste. Fraud. Abuse. of the courts.
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