Official Says 11 States Open to Stopping Residents From Voting at DOJ's Request

"The 11 states "all fall into the list of, they have expressed with us a willingness to comply based on the represented MOU that we have sent them," Eric Neff, the acting chief of the Justice Department's Voting Section, said at the hearing. He spoke at a Dec. 4 hearing in a federal lawsuit brought by the Justice Department against California, which has refused a demand for the state's voter data."

"Neff's courtroom disclosure, which Stateline is the first to report, comes as the Justice Department has sued 21 states and the District of Columbia for unredacted copies of their voter rolls after demanding the data from most states in recent months. The unredacted lists include sensitive personal information, such as driver's license and partial Social Security numbers. Related Story Trump has put election deniers in charge of overseeing "election integrity" for the 2026 midterms."

The Department of Justice sent a confidential draft memorandum of understanding to more than a dozen states that would require election officials to remove alleged ineligible voters identified during federal reviews of voter rolls. The MOU would assign the federal government a major role in election administration, a responsibility reserved to states under the Constitution. An acting Justice Department Voting Section chief said 11 Republican-led states expressed willingness to comply; Colorado and Wisconsin publicly rejected the proposal and released copies. The DOJ has sued 21 states and the District of Columbia for unredacted voter rolls containing sensitive personal data.

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