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For months, the Justice Department has been demanding certain states turn over complete copies of their voter registration lists, including any driver's license numbers and parts of voter social security numbers.
In court filings, the DOJ says it wants this personal information to check if states are following federal law and keeping accurate voter rolls.
But most states have refused, citing privacy restrictions.
Now, the Justice Department is suing Colorado, Hawaii, Massachusetts, and Nevada.
They're the latest among a total of 18 states facing lawsuits.
The DOJ has also filed a new lawsuit against Georgia's Fulton County.
The Trump administration is trying to force local election officials to turn over all ballots and other records from the 2020 election that President Trump lost.
For months, the Justice Department has been demanding certain states turn over complete copies of their voter registration lists, including any driver's license numbers and parts of voters' social security numbers.
In court filings, the DOJ says it wants this personal information to check if states are following federal law and keeping accurate voter rolls.
But most states have refused, citing privacy restrictions.
Now, the Justice Department is suing Colorado, Hawaii, Massachusetts, and Nevada.
They're the latest among a total of 18 states facing lawsuits.
The DOJ has also filed a new lawsuit against Georgia's Fulton County.
The Trump administration is trying to force local election officials to turn over all ballots and other records from the 2020 election that President Trump lost.
The immigrant advocacy group Arkansas United sued over a state law that bans a person from helping more than six voters cast ballots.
A part of the Voting Rights Act, known as Section 208, generally allows voters who need help because of a disability or inability to read or write to get help from a person of their choice.
The judge ruled the Arkansas law violated the Voting Rights Act.
But after Republican state officials appealed, a panel of the 8th U.S.