Voting rights groups filed a lawsuit on April 21 seeking to block the Department of Justice (DOJ) from collecting, compiling, and analyzing state voter registration lists.
As of April 1, the DOJ has filed suit against 30 states, including Washington D.C., for failing to turn over voter rolls. The department has stated that the U.S. attorney general has congressional authority under the Civil Rights Act of 1960 to seek election records from states to check for improper voter registrations.
