United States v. Oregon
The United States Department of Justice sues Oregon alleging violations of federal voter registration list maintenance procedures because they are allegedly not removing "inactive" voters from the voting rolls fast enough and their overall voter registration numbers are deemed unusually high, and the federal government is demanding a list of all registered voters to scrutinize.
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- Date Filed Sep 16, 2025
- Litigation Status Case Pending: No decision yet on harmful policy
On September 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the state of Oregon alleging that the state has failed to provide information about voter list maintenance procedures and electronic copies of statewide voter rolls. The lawsuit alleges that Oregon and its Secretary of State Tobias Read violated the National Voter Registration Act, the Help America Vote Act, and the Civil Rights Act of 1960 by refusing to produce a current unredacted electronic copy of the state’s voter registration list, and failing to provide information on the state’s voter list maintenance program or registration information for any ineligible voters. Oregon expressed concerns over the rights and privacy of its citizens after the Department of Justice demanded unredacted voter list data, which would contain personally identifiable information such as partial Social Security numbers.