“The Department of Justice sued six states, including Pennsylvania, the nation’s biggest presidential battleground, as the Trump administration escalates its efforts to obtain the personal and private information of voters,” the New York Times reports.

“The lawsuits, filed against California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, follows similar suits that the department brought against Maine and Oregon, two Democratic-controlled states.”

“All of those states have rebuffed previous demands from the Justice Department to gain access to statewide voter rolls that include sensitive information, such as drivers license numbers and partial Social Security numbers.”