From The Hill: The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday sued Virginia for not handing over state voter data, the latest among several states the department has targeted in an effort to retrieve registration information from individuals across the country since last year.
The DOJ has sued 14 other states for not complying with its request to produce documents that tabulate their respective statewide voter registration lists.
In September, the department filed lawsuits against California, New York, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Maine and Oregon. The DOJ then sued Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington in December.
Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general to the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, posted screenshots of the lawsuit on her X account.
“Virginia becomes the next state sued for ignoring federal law!” she wrote in the post.
“@TheJusticeDept means business — and @CivilRights will keep fighting to clean up voter rolls. Happy Friday!” she added.
Virginia becomes the next state sued for ignoring federal law! @TheJusticeDept means business — and @CivilRights will keep fighting to clean up voter rolls. Happy Friday! pic.twitter.com/duG4gWhYiz
— AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) January 16, 2026
The lawsuit against California was dismissed by U.S. District Judge David O. Carter, who called the attempt to gather the personal information of voters “chilling,” saying it would have an impact on voter registration and future elections.
Read more at The Hill
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