Judge Sorokin dismisses DOJ suit against Massachusetts for voter rolls

U.S. District Judge Leo T. Sorokin dismisses the Justice Department's lawsuit against Massachusetts Secretary of State William Francis Galvin seeking state voter registration data including partial Social Security numbers. Sorokin rules DOJ used the wrong legal process, the Civil Rights Act of 1960 requires an administrative records demand before filing suit, and DOJ skipped that step. The ruling is the fifth federal court defeat for the administration's voter data campaign. Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell had argued the federal request exceeded both the statute's authorization and state privacy protections.