The Justice Department has filed federal lawsuits against Utah and four other states for “failure to produce their full voter registration lists upon request.”
Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson is the defendant in the case against Utah, and she posted a statement about the suit on X.
“The Justice Department has declined our previous offer to share publicly available voter lists with them. As expected, today the DOJ filed a lawsuit against us, along with several other Republican states,” the post read.
She also wrote that the department has sued more than half of all U.S. states for the private data of their voters.
“Neither state nor federal law entitles the Department of Justice to collect private information on law-abiding American citizens,” Henderson wrote. “Utahns can be assured that my office will always follow the Constitution and the law, protect voters’ rights, and administer free and fair elections.”
A statement from the DOJ said that now 29 states and the District of Columbia have been sued for their voter lists. The other four states sued on Thursday were Oklahoma, West Virginia, Kentucky and New Jersey.
“Accurate, well-maintained voter rolls are a requisite for the election integrity that the American people deserve,” said U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi in the department’s statement. “This latest series of litigation underscores that this Department of Justice is fulfilling its duty to ensure transparency, voter roll maintenance, and secure elections across the country.”
Since May 2025, the DOJ has sent demands to almost all U.S. states asking for copies of their statewide voter registration files. A request for this information was sent to Utah in July 2025.
The DOJ said it was asking for the information to “test, analyze, and assess” the state voter rolls for “maintenance issues, insufficiency, inadequacy, anomalies, or concerns,” as previously reported by the Deseret News.
The request to Utah sought information on Utah’s compliance with laws related to the maintenance of voter registration lists. The DOJ also asked Utah for the names of election officials who oversee the process.
In January, the Democratic National Committee sent a letter to Henderson’s office about the Trump administration’s request for the state’s voter registration files, as previously reported by the Deseret News.
The DNC told the lieutenant governor that if she didn’t reject the administration’s pressure to provide voter information, legal action would follow.