The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division has filed federal lawsuits against five states for “failure to produce their full voter registration lists upon request.” The states include: Utah Oklahoma Kentucky West Virginia New Jersey “We sued UT, OK, KY, WV, & NJ for not providing us their voter rolls. We appealed rulings in CA, OR, & MI to ensure residents can vote freely & fairly,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “At SCOTUS, we are arguing that Election Day means DAY!” she added. Exciting @TheJusticeDept @CivilRights election law updates! • We sued UT, OK, KY, WV, & NJ for not providing us their voter rolls• We appealed rulings in CA, OR, & MI to ensure residents can vote freely & fairly• At SCOTUS, we are arguing that Election Day means DAY! pic.twitter.com/W5O52qyRaN — AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) February 26, 2026 POLITICO shared further: While access to election information varies by jurisdiction, states generally release redacted versions of their voter rolls to the public and government agencies. But the DOJ has demanded that states supply the federal government with unredacted files, including voters’ private data, like their driver’s license numbers and the last four digits of their Social Security numbers. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon accused state election officials of “choosing to fight us in court rather than show their work” with regard to voter roll access. “We will not be deterred, regardless of party affiliation, from carrying out critical election integrity legal duties,” she said in a Thursday statement. The DOJ has argued the states are in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1960, which allows the attorney general to request voter records from election officials. State officials have pushed back on that reasoning, framing the requests as an escalation of the administration’s broader effort to insert itself into state election proceedings. “Accurate, well-maintained voter rolls are a requisite for the election integrity that the American people deserve,” said Attorney General Pam Bondi. “This latest series of litigation underscores that This Department of Justice is fulfilling its duty to ensure transparency, voter roll maintenance, and secure elections across the country,” she added. Fox News has more: “Neither state nor federal law entitles the Department of Justice to collect private information on law-abiding American citizens. Utahns can be assured that my office will always follow the Constitution and the law, protect voters’ rights, and administer free and fair elections,” Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson said in a statement to Politico. Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams also criticized the lawsuit, saying the state’s elections were “a national success story.” “Kentucky law protects voters’ personal information, and I will not voluntarily commit a data breach by providing Kentuckians’ personal data to the federal bureaucracy unless a court order tells me to,” he said in a statement to the outlet. West Virginia Secretary of State Kris Warner’s office said it had not yet been served with a lawsuit. “Regardless, I think Secretary Warner’s comments to the DOJ were pretty clear. Bring it on! The federal government is not going to get any personal information on West Virginia voters as long as Kris Warner is Secretary of State,” spokesperson Mike Queen said in a statement to Politico. Earlier this month, the FBI executed a search warrant at an election office in Fulton County, Georgia, seizing ballots and other voting records from 2020, according to local officials. The Peach State went to former President Joe Biden in 2020, but Trump carried the state in 2024. In efforts to ensure only American citizens are voting, Trump has also urged Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, which would require voters in federal elections to prove citizenship by providing a photo ID and other documentation, such as a passport or birth certificate.