Trump Suing IL Over Failure To Produce Voter Registration Data

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Justice, under the direction of President Donald Trump, has filed federal lawsuits against three states, including Illinois, regarding voter registration data. The lawsuit, filed Thursday by the civil rights division, claims Illinois, Wisconsin, Georgia, as well as the District of Columbia, failed to produce their full voter registration lists upon request.

"The law is clear: states need to give us this information, so we can do our duty to protect American citizens from vote dilution," said Harmeet K. Dhillon, assistant attorney general of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. "Today's filings show that regardless of which party is in charge of a particular state, the Department of Justice will firmly stand on the side of election integrity and transparency."

In addition, three states — Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee — announced "their intent to voluntarily provide their full registration lists, pursuant to the Department's request," according to the Justice Department, which also claims the number of states either in full compliance or in the process of compliance, is 10.

NPR reported the department has now filed suit against 18 states — mostly Democratic-led, and all states that President Trump lost in the 2020 election — as part of its far-reaching litigation.