DOJ sues 5 more states, demanding access to voter rolls: 'We will not be deterred'
The Department of Justice on Thursday sued five additional states, requesting that their election data be shared with the Trump administration amid its push for access to voter rolls from...
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The Department of Justice on Thursday sued five additional states, requesting that their election data be shared with the Trump administration amid its push for access to voter rolls from states across the country. Four states President Donald Trump carried in the last three presidential elections — Utah, Oklahoma, Kentucky and West Virginia — were slapped with the latest legal action, along with New Jersey. The DOJ has now sued more than two dozen states in efforts to access election records, with most of the states being controlled by Democrats. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon suggested that state election officials were "choosing to fight us in court rather than show their work" with voter roll access. GEORGIA'S FULTON COUNTY FILES MOTION SEEKING RETURN OF 2020 ELECTION MATERIALS SEIZED BY FBI "We will not be deterred, regardless of party affiliation, from carrying out critical election integrity legal duties," she said in a statement on Thursday. "The Justice Department will continue to fulfill its oversight role dutifully, neutrally, and transparently wherever Americans vote in federal elections," Dhillon said. The Trump administration has intensified its efforts to take over elections in recent months even though the U.S. Constitution gives states, not federal officials, the authority to run elections. Most states have their secretary of state oversee elections. Access to election information varies by state, but election officials generally release redacted versions of their voter rolls to the public and government agencies, according to Politico. However, the DOJ has demanded that states give the federal government unredacted files, including voters' private data such as their driver’s license numbers and the last four digits of their Social Security numbers. "Accurate, well-maintained voter rolls are a requisite for the election integrity that the American people deserve," Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement. "This la…