Overview
- The Justice Department filed an emergency motion asking the Sixth Circuit to compel Michigan to produce its statewide voter rolls without redactions.
- Michigan has refused to provide full files that include sensitive identifiers, and DOJ argues federal statutes authorize inspection and copying of the complete records.
- Voting-rights attorney Marc Elias highlighted errors in the DOJ submission, citing multiple typos such as “United Staes” and noting a non‑party listed in the caption.
- The push for voter data, launched by President Trump’s requests to dozens of states, has expanded into nationwide litigation where several federal judges have already rejected DOJ arguments.
- Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt said he will not cooperate with the request, pointing to the state’s voter ID rules and post‑election audits as evidence of election security.