The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Maine over Secretary of State Shenna Bellows' refusal to hand over complete copies of Maine's voter registration rolls.

The DOJ announced Tuesday that it is suing Maine and Oregon as well as their secretaries of state over their failure to turn over detailed information about voters and maintenance of voter lists.

“States simply cannot pick and choose which federal laws they will comply with, including our voting laws, which ensure that all American citizens have equal access to the ballot in federal elections,” Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general in the DOJ's Civil Rights Division, said in a statement. “American citizens have a right to feel confident in the integrity of our electoral process, and the refusal of certain states to protect

See Full Page