Sixth Circuit blocks DOJ bid to obtain Michigan voter rolls

An appeals court blocked the Justice Department’s bid to force Michigan to turn over non-public voter-registration data, ruling that aggregated voter files aren’t covered by the Civil Rights Act provisions the DOJ invoked. The 6th Circuit’s decision, the biggest appellate setback yet for the administration’s effort to audit unredacted voter rolls, could set up a Supreme Court showdown over federal access to state election records.