Controversy
Status:Open
Will the Trump Administration Successfully Compel States to Provide Voter Roll Data?
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Claims
Harmeet Dhillon“At this Department of Justice, we will not permit states to jeopardize the integrity and effectiveness of elections by refusing to abide by our federal elections laws. If states will not fulfill their duty to protect the integrity of the ballot, we will.”Dec 14, 2025
Pam Bondi“Accurate voter rolls are the cornerstone of fair and free elections, and too many states have fallen into a pattern of noncompliance with basic voter roll maintenance.”Dec 03, 2025
Deidre Henderson“We are in the process of reviewing the document with our attorneys and carefully considering our options.”Jan 05, 2026
Don Millis“The U.S. DOJ is simply asking the commission to do something that the commission is explicitly forbidden by Wisconsin law to do.”Jan 05, 2026
Cisco Aguilar“While these requests may seem like normal oversight, the federal government is using its power to try to intimidate states and influence how states administer elections ahead of the 2026 cycle.”Dec 14, 2025
Chuck Gray“The voter list maintenance that we have been conducting is extremely important for election integrity.”Jan 05, 2026
Jena Griswold“We will not hand over Coloradans’ sensitive voting information to Donald Trump. He does not have a legal right to the information.”Dec 14, 2025
Michael Adams"They’re entitled to the vast majority of information — people’s names, addresses, birthdays"Jan 05, 2026
Bob Ferguson“Washington is not going to turn over this personal information. If they do release the lawsuit, we are very confident we will be successful in court.”Dec 02, 2025
Justin Levitt“It’s hard for me to imagine any Republican state with faith in its own list maintenance capacity agreeing to outsource that decision to the DOJ.”Jan 05, 2026
Daniel Coble"[It is not] an unreasonable invasion of privacy for the Election
Commission to turn over its data to the DOJ."Sep 15, 2025
Tobias Read“We should be focused on how to make that better, not on erecting artificial barriers and putting people’s privacy and confidence at risk for no reason.”Jan 05, 2026
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