The Department of Justice has initiated formal requests for voter registration records and other election-related data from at least nine states, according to official state confirmations and federal documentation. The states contacted include Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
The requests, sent through the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, focus on how states manage voter registration, clean their rolls, and identify ineligible voters.
The DOJ is seeking information on processes used to verify voter eligibility, such as checks against state databases to flag duplicate registrations, noncitizens, deceased individuals, and those disqualified due to felony convictions or mental incompetence.
Here is the letter sent to Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom:
Last week, nearly three weeks after the Justice Department request was made to Dahlstrom, the Alaska Division of Elections sent out a social media post explaining how voters are removed from the voter rolls:
In Colorado, the Justice Department asked for “all records” related to the 2024 general election, which may include ballots and voting equipment records. State officials have described the scope of the request as highly unusual.
Similar letters were sent to other states with varying levels of detail and specificity, ranging from general voter roll maintenance procedures to inquiries about voter verification methods, such as Arizona’s use of driver’s license numbers for identity confirmation.
These requests are issued under the authority of a March 2025 executive order signed by President Donald Trump, directing the Department of Justice to investigate suspected election-related crimes. The executive order also allows the DOJ to withhold certain federal funds from states that fail to comply with such investigations.
State responses to the DOJ inquiries have varied. Some, like Wisconsin, referred the DOJ to publicly accessible voter information portals that require payment of a nominal fee. Others, like Arizona, provided limited data consistent with federal law, while affirming their existing voter verification safeguards. Pennsylvania confirmed its cooperation with the DOJ but did not publicly disclose the extent of its data sharing.
The Alaska Division of Elections, under the direction of Dahlstrom, is working on a response.
Election officials in Colorado expressed concern over the unprecedented scope of the DOJ’s demand, noting that public voter data is readily accessible under state law but emphasizing restrictions on sensitive information such as Social Security numbers or drivers’ license numbers. Additionally, election officials in several states have cited statutory limitations on releasing certain types of data, even to federal agencies.
Under federal law, including the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, the Department of Justice is empowered to monitor voter roll maintenance to ensure accuracy and prevent ineligible voting. Federal law permits oversight of voter list maintenance, demands for records encompassing all election materials and voting infrastructure could test the boundaries of federal authority.
Funny story., last year around this time, I literally witnessed a lady with an Alaskan license plate that simply said VOTE, and she was jamming, what looked like, perhaps hundreds of ballots, in the huffman drive up mail box. We were behind her waiting and observed her nervously and hastily jamming these ballots, as all the envelopes looked uniform like ballot envelopes.
Not funny at all. Sounds a bit criminal.
Not good news for Election Czarina Dahlstrom.
The public sector unions own Juneau and the people in it. It is unlikely the people controlling the data will self indict. We need third party audits. We should not be asked to trust people with no track record of trust worthiness.
Agree 100%
Alaska’s voter rolls are the worst in the nation – not rhetoric but validated from various government and non government agencies. There are several other issues which should be addressed, some need legislation, some don’t. Leaving the ERIC system, ditching dominion voting machines, forensic auditing (not the simple recount normally used) of election results which have anomalies, etc. Two consecutive republican lieutenant governors in a row have done little to address the known issues. Always afraid to rock the boat.
I became a poll worker when I retired.
I did that because I was suspicious of the system & wanted to see how it works.
Dominion boxes are just counters, nothing else; they count ovals & can count ovals on both sides if necessary.
Dominion counters are spot checked, w/ hand counts, to make sure the machine counted the ovals correctly. They are also checked (by hand counting ballots) after an election, if that precinct has historically weird results or it is a very close race.
For instance if a conservative ever won in my 70% Lib district (mid-town ANC) they would be checking the Dominions for accuracy (both parties have observers & the losing candidate would insist)
I am for forensic recounts & more hand counts to show the public better transparency, getting the dead wood off our voter rolls & NO RVC.
But people are focusing on the counting machine too much imo.
Keep in mind time & money.
How many State employees do you want spending days & days hand counting all the dots on over 340,000 ballots and how long would that take?
Now we get to see how bad a job Lt Gov Nancy Dahlstrom is doing in her job!
More than that, the governor and staff along with the years of no good management. I’m sure there is more of that to pull pout.
The answer to the records request is a very big, TES!! Send the whole records request and let them investigate the rolls. Get it done!!! This state is long over due such a review.
“The Alaska Division of Elections, under the direction of Dahlstrom, is working on a response.”
Until now we haven’t heard anything from the Division of Elections under Dahlstoms’ stellar management style since all the irregularities of last year’s elections surfaced.
Probably took awhile to gather up the staff, turn on the power and figure out what to do. This is awesome.
The Trump administration was Illegally requesting States devulge voter soc security numbers, driver licenses and addresses from their voter roles. Moreover, the Executive branch does NOT rule over voters and therefore Trump’s EO is invalid.
Really? Where is your proof of all of that? Documented primary sources proof, not CNN or MSDNC.
you think the government doesn’t know our SS numbers?
What planet do you live on?
The Department of Justice is under the authority of the Executive branch. You might want to read the last paragraph in the article to see why it is DOJ has the abilityto review voter roles. I’m sorry that the illegal votes you’ve come to count upon will no longer be available to you, perhaps you should be more concerned with how voter rolls have been bastardized to push an agenda that is clearly based upon illegal support.
Yes, yes and yes again. Stop the auto voter sign up on pfd’s
THE ONLY SANCTUARY CITY IS TO MAKE ETERNITY WITH GOD WE GOT TO MAKE THAT CUT ALL & IMAGINE SOON WE ALL SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ALL THESE GOD MOCKING STUCK ON STUPID CLOWNS ON THE OBAMA JUICE. RIGGED ELECTIONS HAVE DEADLY CONSEQUENCES FOR ALL ESPECIALLY FOR THE ONES WHO RIG IT LISA. WE THE PEOPLE LOVE YOUR GUTS SUZANNE.
Great. Maybe they will review actual ballots and ask the question of why in the last two elections have officials overseeing the elections been told to copy blank ballots to use due to the fact the election center did not send out enough ballots??