A federal judge in Massachusetts on April 9 tossed out a Department of Justice (DOJ) lawsuit demanding the state’s voter roll information.
Then-Attorney General Pam Bondi first requested the information in July as part of a broader DOJ effort to check if states were following federal election laws. Many states, including Massachusetts, have resisted.
The DOJ sued for the records, but U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin said the suit was deficient.
“The United States’ complaint fails for the simple reason that the Attorney General’s demand did not comply with Title III of the Civil Rights Act of 1960, the statute on which it purports to rely,” Sorokin ruled….
Federal Judge Dismisses DOJ Request for Massachusetts Voter Rolls
