DOJ Sues Maine, Oregon in Aggressive Move to Seize State Voter Data [View all]

Source: Democracy Docket

The U.S. Department of Justice filed lawsuits against Maine and Oregon Tuesday, escalating its campaign to obtain sensitive voter registration data from states across the country.

The unprecedented legal action marks a major turning point in the department’s effort to force states to turn over unredacted voter rolls and list maintenance records.

“States simply cannot pick and choose which federal laws they will comply with,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division said in a press release. “The refusal of certain states to protect their citizens against vote dilution will result in legal consequences.”

The DOJ claims that Maine and Oregon violated the National Voter Registration Act, the Help America Vote Act and the Civil Rights Act of 1960 by refusing to provide full electronic copies of their statewide voter registration lists and related maintenance data.

Read more: https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/doj-sues-maine-oregon-in-aggressive-move-to-seize-state-voter-data/

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