The Justice Department announced it filed federal lawsuits against six states for “failure to produce their statewide voter registration lists upon request.” “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,” said Attorney General Pam Bondi. “The Department of Justice will continue filing proactive election integrity litigation until states comply with basic election safeguards,” she added. “Our federal elections laws ensure every American citizen may vote freely and fairly,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “States that continue to defy federal voting laws interfere with our mission of ensuring that Americans have accurate voter lists as they go to the polls, that every vote counts equally, and that all voters have confidence in election results. At this Department of Justice, we will not stand for this open defiance of federal civil rights laws,” she continued. The states sued include: Delaware Maryland New Mexico Rhode Island Vermont Washington DOJ sues six states for refusing to turn over voter registration rolls, warns ‘open defiance’ of federal law https://t.co/4YRirapTOt — Fox News (@FoxNews) December 3, 2025 Fox News shared: According to the DOJ, the agency formally requested each state’s current, statewide voter registration roll and did not receive the required records. In each lawsuit, the department argues that Congress gave the attorney general clear authority to demand the production, inspection and analysis of voter registration data to ensure compliance with federal law. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon, who leads the Civil Rights Division, said the department is escalating enforcement efforts ahead of the 2026 election cycle. “States that defy federal voting laws interfere with our mission of ensuring that Americans have accurate voter lists & that all voters have confidence in our elections. @CivilRights & @AGPamBondi will not stand for this open defiance of federal civil rights laws,” Dhillon wrote on X. States that defy federal voting laws interfere with our mission of ensuring that Americans have accurate voter lists & that all voters have confidence in our elections. @CivilRights & @AGPamBondi will not stand for this open defiance of federal civil rights laws.… — AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) December 2, 2025 The Hill noted: The legal challenges follow at least eight other lawsuits against different states for withholding voter information from the DOJ: California, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, Oregon and Pennsylvania. Despite pressure, state leaders say they are legally obligated to conceal documents with personally identifiable information such as voters’ names, birth dates, addresses and driver’s license numbers or partial Social Security numbers. The New Mexico Secretary of State’s office said it provided the Justice Department with public voter data prior to the lawsuit, spokesperson Alex Curtas told The Associated Press. Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs also supplied federal officials with publicly disclosable information but refused to provide additional information, arguing it would violate the Civil Rights Act.