( July 21, 2026, 9:01 AM EDT) -- CHARLESTON, W. Va. — Becoming the 12th district court to reject the federal government’s demand for a state’s unredacted statewide voter registration list, a West Virginia federal judge held that Title III of the Civil Rights Act of 1960 (CRA) did not authorize the government to require West Virginia Secretary of State Kris Warner to produce the state’s voter list because the government failed to provide a “‘purpose’” for the request as required under the CRA....