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A federal judge temporarily blocked Ohio from enforcing a rule requiring proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, saying the policy conflicts with the National Voter Registration Act and halting its implementation ahead of the November midterms.
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a Republican challenge to Arizona’s 2022 voting law, which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and allow 90‑day purges of voter rolls, arguing these provisions may violate the National Voter Registration Act. Lower courts struck down parts of the law, and the case could reshape state voting rules nationwide ahead of the 2028 elections as Republicans press to tighten voting rules and voting-rights groups push back.
A federal judge permanently blocked major provisions of President Trump’s March 2025 anti-voting executive order, ruling they exceeded his authority and violated NVRA/UOCAVA. The decision makes prior temporary relief permanent, barring citizenship-proof requirements for federal voter forms, changes to military/overseas voting documentation, threats to withhold federal funds over form use, and postmark-based ballot deadlines in the multistate suit, reinforcing state control of election rules ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Federal judges in Maine and Wisconsin blocked the DOJ from demanding unredacted state voter registration lists, ruling that Title III of the Civil Rights Act does not authorize line-by-line audits under the NVRA and HAVA. The decisions reflect federalism concerns and limit the government’s use of civil rights provisions to compel broad data access, contributing to the DOJ’s 0-8 record across 31 lawsuits against states and DC.
A federal judge dismissed the DOJ's bid to force Rhode Island to provide unredacted voter-registration records under the Civil Rights Act, marking the DOJ's fifth defeat in voter-roll cases and leaving 25 cases still pending. The court said the demand lacked a legally sufficient purpose under the CRA and did not show NVRA/HAVA violations, signaling that the DOJ may pursue updated demands or appeals in other states.
The Department of Justice has shifted its stance on Kentucky’s voter-roll maintenance, moving from a bid to obtain unredacted registration data under NVRA/HAVA to supporting Kentucky in a related suit and asserting the state’s list-maintenance is compliant. The reversal, paired with prior consent decree outcomes and past DOJ positions in other voter-roll cases, has sparked criticism that the agency is inconsistently using voter-roll data to pursue broader political goals and undermines its own litigation.