Democracy Docket – “In recent months, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has been contacting states demanding access to sensitive election and voting data. In Minnesota and Nevada, DOJ sent nearly identical letters seeking access to their state voter rolls. In Colorado, DOJ made an unprecedented, sweeping demand for all 2024 election records. And in Rhode Island, prosecutors from DOJ’s criminal division sought a meeting to discuss a potential election data information sharing agreement. The effort, part of a broader anti-voting shift at DOJ, has taken in swing states like Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, as well as blue states like New York and Minnesota — and even red states like Oklahoma and Alaska. It appears aimed at pressing states to tighten voting rules and at aiding the Trump administration’s hunt for illegal voting. Former DOJ attorneys and voting rights advocates have told Democracy Docket it’s deeply troubling. “I think that should concern all Americans,” said David Becker, the founder and executive director of the Center for Election Innovation & Research and a former trial attorney in the DOJ’s voting section. “Because it appears the Justice Department is trying to acquire sensitive information on all Americans for who knows what purpose, with very, very questionable statutory authority.” Here are all the states that DOJ has contacted, and what we know about each demand…”