Overview
- New DOJ letters dated Aug. 13–14 seek statewide voter files that include driver’s license numbers and last‑four Social Security digits.
- Pennsylvania formally refused to provide the unredacted database, citing state privacy protections, and offered its public redacted file instead.
- The DOJ warned Minnesota that failure to turn over its voter list may prompt legal action, drawing a rejection from Secretary of State Steve Simon.
- Nevada’s secretary of state called the request unprecedented in scope and urgency and said the office needs more time to review its legality.
- Reporting indicates similar requests have gone to at least 15 states, with critics calling the push unprecedented and tied to a broader noncitizen‑voting crackdown.