The U.S. Department of Justice announced lawsuits against New Hampshire and five other states, the latest step in an ongoing fight over access to confidential voting records.

While certain information about voters, including their names, addresses and party affiliation are already publicly available in New Hampshire, the Trump administration is seeking additional data about voters including partial social security numbers and state driver’s license numbers.

For months , New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan has declined to turn over that additional information, pointing to state laws that prohibit releasing confidential information that is maintained in a statewide voter database.

On Thursday, the Justice Department sued Scanlan, as well as election officials in five other st

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