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Susan Beals

Susan Beals

Virginia Elections Commissioner

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Federal fight for state voter rolls

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Defendant in DOJ lawsuit filed January 17, 2026

The Justice Department wants every state's unredacted voter fileโ€”names, addresses, dates of birth, driver's license numbers, and partial Social Security numbers for roughly 160 million registered voters. Since May 2025, DOJ has demanded these records from at least 44 states. Twenty-five jurisdictions refused and are now being sued. In late January 2026, Attorney General Pam Bondi escalated tactics by conditioning the removal of ICE and CBP agents from Minneapolis on Minnesota providing voter rolls and welfare data, drawing accusations of coercion from state officials and Senate Democrats.

Updated Feb 4