AG Brown issued the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland dismissed the Department of Justice’s lawsuit seeking Maryland’s complete statewide voter registration list, which contains sensitive personal information of millions of Maryland voters. The court ruled that Title III of the Civil Rights Act of 1960 does not authorize the federal government to demand that states provide it with an unredacted statewide voter registration list. 

“With today’s ruling, Maryland’s federal court has added its voice to the unanimous chorus of judges who have said states do not have to follow the Trump Administration’s demand to turn over their unredacted voter registration databases. These databases contain the names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of millions of Marylanders, sensitive personal information that Marylanders have a right to keep private. DOJ sued Maryland and twenty-nine other jurisdictions for their refusal to hand over the unredacted, sensitive information, and nine courts have now agreed the Administration’s demand was unlawful. Our Office will always protect Marylanders from unlawful federal overreach that puts their personal information at risk.” -AG Brown