Celebrate the Court for Protecting Minnesota Voters

U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez dismissed the Trump Department of Justice’s lawsuit seeking access to Minnesota’s unredacted voter rolls, which contain sensitive information including Social Security numbers and dates of birth. The decision marks the DOJ’s 23rd trial court loss in its nationwide campaign to obtain states’ voter data.

The judge rejected the administration’s argument that federal law gives it sweeping authority to demand these records. She also found that the DOJ had failed to provide evidence that Minnesota was violating federal voter-list maintenance requirements, rejecting what she described as an attempt to use litigation as a “fishing expedition.”

Protecting election integrity does not require sacrificing voters’ privacy or giving the federal government unlimited access to sensitive state records. Federal agencies must operate within the authority Congress has given them and provide legitimate legal grounds when seeking Americans’ personal information.

This ruling reinforces an essential principle: The federal government does not get special permission to bypass the law simply because it wants access to private voter data.

Add your name to celebrate the federal court for protecting Minnesota voters’ privacy, rejecting government overreach, and upholding the rule of law.