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Justice Department Sues D.C., Georgia, Illinois and Wisconsin for Full Voter Rolls

Prosecutors say federal law empowers them to inspect unredacted registration data to prevent vote dilution.

A voter receives a ballot on April 1, 2025, in the suburban Cook County Consolidated Election at Yates Elementary School in Matteson. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
The Justice Department has so far sued 21 states, along with Washington, D.C., that have declined to turn over unredacted voter lists to the federal government.
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Overview

  • With Thursday’s filings against D.C., Georgia, Illinois and Wisconsin, the department says it now has 22 lawsuits seeking statewide voter lists and related election information.
  • The department cites the National Voter Registration Act, the Help America Vote Act and the Civil Rights Act of 1960 to demand production, inspection and analysis of voter rolls.
  • Requests cover sensitive fields such as full names, dates of birth, residential addresses, driver’s license numbers and partial Social Security numbers, prompting privacy concerns from some officials.
  • Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee told the department they will voluntarily provide full registration lists, bringing the number of jurisdictions in compliance or working toward it to 10.
  • In Wisconsin, a bipartisan elections commission voted to deny the request as unlawful under state statutes, and in Georgia officials provided public data without restricted fields as the department seeks a court order requiring full delivery within five days of a ruling.