Judge Rejects DOJ Lawsuit Seeking OR Voter Rolls

A Federal Judge in Oregon, Dismissed a DOJ (DOJ) Lawsuit Monday, that sought sSnsitive Voter Information from OrOregon.

The Decision from U.S. District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai is the latest Setback for the Trump (R) Administration, in its Efforts to obtain Copies of Voter Registration Lists from States. Earlier this month, another Federal Judge in California, Rejected the DOJ getting Sensitive Information related to the 23 million Voters on its Voter Rolls, calling it "unprecedented and illegal."

An entry on the Docket for the Oregon Case indicated that Kasubhai Granted the State's Request to Dismiss the Suit and would soon Issue a Formal Opinion detailing His Reasoning.

"The court dismissed this case because the federal government never met the legal standard to get these records in the first place," Oregon Attorney General Day Rayfield (D) said in a Statement. "Oregonians deserve to know that voting laws can't be used as a backdoor to grab their personal information."

The DOJ Sued Oregon in September 2025, and sought a Court Order directing the State to turn over its Voter Registration List of nearly 3.8 million Registered Voters, which contains Sensitive Information including Addresses, Birth Dates, Driver's License Numbers and Partial Social Security Numbers. The Lawsuit Alleged that Oregon and its Secretary of State, Tobias Read (D), Violated Federal Voting Laws by Refusing to Turn Over the Unredacted Copy of the State's Voter Rolls.

But in Seeking to have the Case Dismissed, Oregon Officials Argued that the DOJ was Not Legally entitled to the Sensitive Voter Information it was Demanding. They also said that Federal Privacy Law Prohibits the Government from Collecting Records of Conduct Protected by the First Amendment.

The DOJ has Sued Two Dozen States and Washington, D.C., for Refusing to Hand over the Voter Information. IThe Trump Administration has said it needs those Records to Ensure States maintain Accurate Voter Rolls and Remove ineligible Voters to Prevent the Opportunity for Fraud in Federal Elections.

But government Documents previously Reviewed show the DOJ is Working with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to Provide the Data so it can be Used for Criminal and Immigration Investigations.










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