Where the Trump administration's lawsuits seeking voter data stand

The Trump administration is pressing nearly every state to give the federal government its full voter registration database, and the effort has largely failed in court. The Justice Department says it needs the data to confirm that states comply with the Help America Vote Act and the National Voter Registration Act, both of which concern keeping voter lists accurate. Its requests, sent to most states last year, sought unredacted electronic files containing birth dates, home addresses, partial Social Security numbers and driver's license numbers, according to CBS News.

Several states supplied only the versions already open to the public. The Justice Department then sued 30 states and the District of Columbia. Federal judges have ruled against the department in 26 of those suits. A Georgia case was thrown out over improper venue and then filed again, while Oklahoma's was dropped once the state agreed to share its list. Cases in Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho and Utah are unresolved. Most losses have been appealed, but the only appellate ruling so far, from the 6th Circuit, sided with Michigan.

The push fits a broader effort by President Trump to expand federal control over elections.

Summarized by PolitiKool from CBS News’s reporting. Read the full story at CBS News →