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The Trump administration sued Delaware in federal court on Tuesday, Dec. 2 in an attempt to compel state officials to turn over detailed voter data information.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Wilmington, is an escalation of months of warring letters between the U.S. Department of Justice’s Voting Rights Division and the Delaware Department of Elections over whether and how much of the information to share.

But Delaware is not alone, as the Justice Department also sued five other Democratic-led states on the same day with similar demands. They added to eight states – also led by Democratic

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