By MARC LEVY, Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department sued six more states on Thursday, saying the states refused to turn over voter registration lists with complete information as the agency mounts a wide-ranging effort to get detailed voter data.
It also accused the states of failing to respond sufficiently to questions about the procedures they take to maintain voter rolls.
The department’s newest lawsuits targeted California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania after it sued Oregon and Maine last week and has said it is mounting a nationwide effort to ensure that states are complying with federal requirements to maintain voter rolls.
“Clean voter rolls are the foundation of free and fair elections,” Attorney General Pamela Bondi