Overview
- The Civil Rights Division said the new cases raise its total to 18 lawsuits and include a separate suit seeking 2020 election records from Fulton County, Georgia.
- The Colorado complaint seeks full names, dates of birth, residential addresses, and either driver’s license numbers or last‑four Social Security numbers, with the DOJ asking a judge to order quick compliance.
- Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold said she has provided public data but will not turn over sensitive identifiers, vowing to contest the case in court.
- Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin and Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar criticized the requests as unjustified and intrusive, citing state privacy protections.
- The department says the attorney general can obtain statewide voter lists under the NVRA, HAVA and the Civil Rights Act, while prior reporting noted DOJ discussions about possible data sharing with Homeland Security Investigations that have prompted privacy concerns.