WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Justice announced on September 25, 2025, that it has filed lawsuits against six states—California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania—for failing to produce their statewide voter registration lists as required by federal law.
According to the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, the lawsuits seek to enforce provisions of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), and the Civil Rights Act of 1960 (CRA), which authorize the Attorney General to obtain, inspect, and review state voter registration records.
“Clean voter rolls are the foundation of free and fair elections,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “Every state has a responsibility to ensure that voter registration records are accurate, accessible, and secure — states that don’t fulfill that obligation will see this Department of Justice in court.”
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon added, “Clean voter rolls protect American citizens from voting fraud and abuse, and restore their confidence that their states’ elections are conducted properly, with integrity, and in compliance with the law.”
The suits were filed in federal court in each of the six states.
