DOJ Sues 5 More States Over Denied Access To Voter Registration Data

( February 27, 2026, 2:00 PM EST) -- The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued five more states — Kentucky, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Utah and West Virginia — on Feb. 26, seeking to compel state election officials to produce statewide voter registration lists under Title III of the Civil Rights Act of 1960 (CRA), alleging that the states refused demands issued to assess compliance with federal voter-registration maintenance requirements; two days earlier, the government appealed a trio of dismissed voter-roll cases in California, Oregon and Michigan....