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Sep 16, 2025 The Department of Justice sued Oregon and Maine for failing to provide voter registration rolls including sensitive personal data Tier 1 · Primary Institutions and Governance
Federal litigation sought bulk disclosure of private voter data, testing state authority over election administration.
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- Department of Justice sues Oregon and Maine over voter registration list disclosure — The Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division filed lawsuits against Oregon and Maine, naming their respective Secretaries of State, alleging violations of the National Voter Registration Act, Help America Vote Act, and Civil Rights Act of 1960. The suits charge that both states refused to provide unredacted electronic copies of statewide voter registration lists and information on voter list maintenance procedures. The DOJ stated both states provided identical information to a private organization but withheld it from the federal government.
- DOJ files lawsuits against Oregon and Maine demanding voter data — The Department of Justice filed lawsuits against Oregon and Maine seeking to compel disclosure of private voter registration data, including driver's license numbers and partial social security numbers. The lawsuits cite an executive order signed by President Trump on March 25 claiming, without evidence, that states have failed to protect voters from fraudulent voting. Oregon's Secretary of State and election experts argue the DOJ has no legitimate purpose for the data and plans to use it to substantiate false voter-fraud conspiracy theories and suppress voting.
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Week 35 – 2025-09-13–2025-09-19
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