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The Justice Department has sued Oregon and Maine, and each of their Secretaries of State, for “failing to provide information regarding voter list maintenance procedures and electronic copies of statewide voter registration lists.”
“States simply cannot pick and choose which federal laws they will comply with, including our voting laws, which ensure that all American citizens have equal access to the ballot in federal elections,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.
“American citizens have a right to feel confident in the integrity of our electoral process, and the refusal of certain states to protect their citizens against vote dilution will result in legal consequences,” she added.
“Under @AGPamBondi’s leadership, this DOJ is protecting YOUR right to clean voter rolls!” Dhillon said.
Under @AGPamBondi’s leadership, this DOJ is protecting YOUR right to clean voter rolls! Office of Public Affairs | Justice Department Sues Oregon and Maine for Failure to Provide Voter Registration Rolls | United States Department of Justice https://t.co/fHtbTH4Yuv
— Harmeet K. Dhillon (@HarmeetKDhillon) September 16, 2025
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The lawsuit against Oregon alleges that Oregon and its Secretary of State Tobias Read violated the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and the Civil Rights Act of 1960 (CRA) by refusing to produce the current unredacted electronic copy of the state’s voter registration list, to provide information on the state’s voter list maintenance program, and to disclose registration information for any ineligible voters.
The lawsuit against Maine alleges that Maine and its Secretary of State Shenna Bellows violated the NVRA, HAVA, and CRA by refusing to provide data regarding the removal of ineligible individuals and to produce an unredacted, computerized state voter registration list.
Yet both states gave identical information requested by the Justice Department to a private organization.
The lawsuits come as the Justice Department increases its effort to obtain statewide voter registration rolls.
Around two dozen states have reportedly been requested to provide a voter registration database.
DOJ Sues Oregon and Maine over voter roll records, Washington reviewing similar requesthttps://t.co/gi5OTy6hdO
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) September 18, 2025
The Associated Press noted:
Some states have declined or demurred on the voter registration data requests, citing their own state laws or the Justice Department’s failure to fulfill federal Privacy Act obligations. Federal officials have followed up by sending additional letters demanding the voter data on short deadlines.
Several states have sent redacted versions of their voter lists that are available to the public, but the Justice Department has on multiple occasions expressly demanded copies that contain personally identifiable information, including voter names, birth dates, addresses and driver’s license numbers or partial Social Security numbers.
The department also threatened to sue Minnesota and California.
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has been among the most vocal secretaries of state to decline to share the information. The Justice Department issued a second request for the state’s voter data in August after she declined its initial request, her office said last week in a statement.
“Maine has some of the best elections in the nation,” Bellows said Tuesday in a statement. “It is absurd that the Department of Justice is targeting our state when Republican and Democratic Secretaries all across the country are fighting back against this federal abuse of power just like we are.”
Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read had similar comments Tuesday.