The Department of Justice sued 30 states plus the District of Columbia to obtain sensitive voter list information.
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Badlands MediaSep 16, 2026
Multiple sources from April to August 2026 state the DOJ sued 30 states and the District of Columbia for refusing to hand over voter registration lists that include sensitive data such as driver's license and partial Social Security numbers, which matches the claim as of 2026-09-16.
This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.
What was said
… Steph was played by James Spader as a teenager or early twenties. Sought to radically change ID and proof of citizenship, and even some aspects of mail voting and voting machines. That was back over a year and a half ago. The DOJ escalated its campaigns to seize these sensitive voter data, suing, six states, and then escalating that to 31 states that they have sued, 30 states plus dc, rather. In January, the FBI executed a warrant on the Fulton County Election Office, seizing information from the 2020 election, an election that happened five and a half years ago. They subpoenaed records in Arizona regarding 2020. …
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Supports. NBC News' tracking page (tier2) says the Justice Department has sued 30 states and Washington, D.C., for refusing to provide voter registration data, which includes driver's licenses and Social Security numbers.[1]
Supports. Votebeat (April 2026) and USA Today (April 2026) both report the DOJ has sued 30 states and Washington, D.C., over full voter lists that include driver's license and Social Security numbers.[2][3]
Supports. Centre Daily (August 2026), citing NCSL tracking, reports the DOJ has sued 30 states and the District of Columbia over statewide voter-registration lists containing sensitive information such as partial Social Security numbers.[4]
Supports. The Brennan Center tracker and the Democracy Docket case page both give the count as 30 states plus Washington, D.C., with the Democracy Docket page stating the DOJ 'has now sued 30 st[ates]'.[5][6]
Context. Later coverage notes that many of these suits have been dismissed by courts (for example, 27 of the cases per Brennan), but this does not change the fact that the suits were filed. The claim concerns the filings as of the posting date.[4][6]
Sources
6 sources: 1 tier 2, 5 not rated
- 1Tracking the DOJ's effort to get U.S. voter registration datanbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 2DOJ, states battle over federal access to personal info on ...usatoday.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Voting rights groups sue Trump administration over Department ...votebeat.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Trump DOJ's Election Probes Keep Getting Hampered by Conservative Judgescentredaily.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5Court Cases - Washington, D.C. DOJ Voter Data Access Challengedemocracydocket.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Tracker of Justice Department Requests for Voter Informationbrennancenter.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
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