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United States v. Simon

0:25-cv-03761 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: Sept. 25, 2025

Filed on September 25, 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota before District Judge Katherine M. Menendez, United States v. Simon is one of six parallel enforcement actions brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, against state election officials in California, New Hampshire, New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota. Collectively, these suits allege that the defendant states failed to comply with federal requirements for voter list mainten…

Case Is Ongoing

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
United States v. Scanlan

1:25-cv-00371 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: Sept. 25, 2025

Filed on September 25, 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire, United States v. Scanlan is one of six coordinated enforcement actions brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, against state election officials in California, New Hampshire, New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota. The suits allege that the defendant states failed to maintain accurate statewide voter registration lists and refused to provide the Attorney General with the …

Case Is Ongoing

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. North Carolina State Board of Elections

5:25-cv-00283 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: May 27, 2025

This case was about the State of North Carolina’s alleged violations of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA). The Department of Justice (DOJ) challenged alleged violations of the act. This act required states that maintain centralized voter registration databases to keep accurate lists of registered voters. To successfully register to vote, an applicant had to provide either a driver's license number, the last four digits of their social security number, or, if those were not available, a s…

Settled: Implementation Ongoing

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
United States v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

2:25-cv-01481 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Sept. 25, 2025

Filed on September 25, 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, United States v. Schmidt is one of six coordinated lawsuits brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, against state election officials in Michigan, California, Texas, Florida, Georgia, and Pennsylvania. The suits allege that the states have failed to maintain accurate statewide voter registration lists and have refused to provide the Attorney General with records required un…

Case Is Ongoing

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Crook v. South Carolina Election Commission

2025-CP-09-00195 | South Carolina state trial court

Filed Date: Aug. 29, 2025

This case challenges the South Carolina Election Commission’s compliance with the Trump Administration's Department of Justice’s request that it turn over statewide voter registration information.   On August 6, 2025, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) requested that South Carolina’s Election Commission turn over the state’s voter registration list and information.  On August 14, 2025, it followed up, clarifying that it was requesting every voter’s “full name, dat…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Reversed

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. City of Hazleton

3:25-cv-00045 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Jan. 7, 2025

Closed Date: April 22, 2025

This lawsuit challenged the City of Hazleton’s election system on the grounds that it violated the Voting Rights Act. On January 7, 2025, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. The DOJ sued the City of Hazleton, the Hazleton City Council, and Mayor Jeff Cusat under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Represented by the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, the plaintiffs sought declaratory and injuncti…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Democratic National Committee v. Trump

1:25-cv-00952 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 31, 2025

This case challenged President Trump’s March 2025 executive order titled, "Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections" (EO 14248). (To see the Clearinghouse's collection of legal challenges to actions taken by the second Trump Administration, click here.) In relevant part, EO 14248 seeks to make several changes to the rules governing elections. First, it directs the Election Assistance Committee (EAC) to alter the federal voter registration form prescribed by Congress ("Feder…

Consolidated: Docket Closed

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. State of Oregon

6:25-cv-01666 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Sept. 16, 2025

[This summary is temporary while we research this case.] On September 16, 2025, Plaintiff, United States of America, brought this action against the State of Oregon to remedy Defendant’s alleged violations of federal voting laws. The U.S. seeks compel the State of Oregon and its chief state election official, the Secretary of State, to provide information regarding the State of Oregon’s voter list maintenance procedures and an electronic copy of its statewide voter registration list including a…

Case Is Ongoing

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
United States v. Benson

1:25-cv-01148 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: Sept. 25, 2025

Filed on September 25, 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan before Chief District Judge Hala Y. Jarbou, United States v. Benson is one of six coordinated enforcement actions brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, against state election officials in California, Texas, Florida, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. Collectively, these cases seek to compel state compliance with federal voter-list maintenance and disclosure requirements und…

Case Is Ongoing

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. Page

8:25-cv-01370 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: June 25, 2025

This case challenged Orange County, California's partial redaction of voter registration records in response to an inquiry by the U.S. government. On June 25, 2025, the United States Department of Justice filed this lawsuit against the Registrar of Voters for Orange County, California in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The DOJ alleged that defendant undermined Orange County's elections by "(1) refusing transparency of its voter information, in violation of federa…

Case Is Ongoing