Michigan Escapes DOJ’s Bid to Force Disclosure of Voter List (1)

The US Department of Justice failed to convince a federal judge to force Michigan to hand over an unredacted copy of its statewide voter registration list.

None of the federal statutes the DOJ asserts authority under require the state to disclose the records, Judge Hala Y. Jarbou of the US District Court for the Western District of Michigan said in a Tuesday opinion.

The case is one of more than two dozen lawsuits the DOJ has filed against states seeking registration lists that contain sensitive personal information on voters—including addresses, driver’s license numbers, and the last four digits of ...