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2. Brennan Center for Justice: Since Sept the DOJ has sued 24 jurisdictions for refusing to hand over their voter data.
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 10:48 AM
8 hrs ago
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/trump-administration-has-sued-more-20-states-refusing-turn-over-voter

-- Since May 2025, the Justice Department has demanded full, unredacted voter rolls — which would include driver’s license and partial Social Security numbers — from at least 44 states and the District of Columbia.
Most states have provided a publicly available version (which does not include Social Security numbers and driver’s license numbers) or have not provided the voter registration lists at all.

-- The DOJ has sued Washington, DC, and 23 states for refusing to do so:
Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawai’i, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Washington.


Brennan Center for Justice tracks the DOJ's voter data war on states here.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/tracker-justice-department-requests-voter-information

I can't believe this will be in the federal courts the rest of the year. Then probably the SCOTUS. I hope enough are dismissed with prejudice that the SCOTUS will see reason not to accept any fast-tracked appeal.

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