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Michigan Again Wins Ruling on Giving Voter Information to DOJ
Newser • • general
Key Points:
- The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Justice Department's request to obtain Michigan's full voter registration list, citing that a 1960 civil rights law does not authorize the federal government to access confidential voter data such as birth dates and partial Social Security numbers.
- The ruling, a 2-1 decision, sided with a lower court's view that forcing Michigan to disclose sensitive voter information could infringe on First Amendment voting rights.
- Michigan's Secretary of State provided a public version of the voter rolls but refused to share sensitive details, aligning with over 30 states and the District of Columbia that have resisted similar DOJ requests.
- At least 13 states, including Alaska, Texas, and Ohio, have either provided or committed to providing their voter registration lists to the federal government amid ongoing legal challenges to the Trump administration's election-related efforts.
