DOJ under Dhillon begins mass demands for state voter rolls including partial Social Security

DOJ Civil Rights Division head Harmeet Dhillon sends letters to all 50 state election officials demanding complete voter registration databases, including partial Social Security numbers and driver's license numbers, citing the Civil Rights Act of 1960 and NVRA. The requests are unprecedented in scope. Previous DOJ voter roll inspections targeted specific jurisdictions with documented compliance issues, not universal national data collection. Within weeks, 17 Republican-led states agree to comply. Others, including California, Michigan, Oregon, and Massachusetts, refuse, arguing the requests exceed statutory authority and violate state voter privacy laws.