The Department of Justice is suing six states for allegedly failing to provide the federal government with their voter registration lists, the Justice Department announced on Sept. 25.
The states are California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania.
States are required by federal law to provide the attorney general with voter registration records upon request, the Justice Department said.
President Donald Trump’s March 25 executive order, “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections,” directed officials to “identify unqualified voters registered in the States.”
In the complaint, the federal government said the six states had expressed concerns about privacy protections for voters and refused to cooperate with requests for the information, including each voter’s full name, date of birth, address, state driver’s license number, and the last four digits of their Social Security number.
The cases have been filed separately in federal district courts in each of the six states.
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