Dhillon’s Voter-Roll Crackdown: 23 Lawsuits, 22 States, One Message — Comply

It starts the way these things always start: with paperwork, deadlines — and then, suddenly, court filings. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon announced Monday that the Department of Justice has launched 23 lawsuits against 22 states for not complying with federal voter roll verification requirements. In mid-September, the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division sued Oregon and Maine and their Secretaries of State for failing to provide information on voter list maintenance procedures and electronic copies of statewide voter registration lists. “States simply cannot pick and choose which federal laws they will comply with, including our voting laws, which


