The U.S. Department of Justice sued Oregon on Sept. 16, claiming the state violated federal law by not providing requested data, including voter rolls containing personal information.

Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read is also named in the suit.

“The United States Department of Justice is suing me for doing my job—for keeping my oath to the people of Oregon. That’s not normal,” Read said in a statement. “The federal government is trying to intimidate my office into handing over Oregonians’ private voter data.”

The DOJ is also suing Maine for not sharing their list of registered voters.

A press release from the DOJ says the states refused to provide the federal government with the requested information but shared the information with “a private organization.”

The organization, the E

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