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Chief US District Judge Lance E. Walker today dismissed a lawsuit brought by the US Department of Justice seeking to compel the Secretary of State to hand over Maine’s sensitive, personal voter data.

“Today’s ruling affirms that the states, not the federal government, are in charge of our elections.  From the moment the Trump administration sought every American’s voter data, I said no.  When they tried to buly me by suing Maine, I helped lead a coalition of states to fight back — and we’re winning.  I will continue to defend every Mainer’s voting rights and their privacy,” Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said.  “Let me be clear — Trump and the DOJ may continue to try to interfere with free and fair elections run by the states.  We will not let them.”

Secretary Bellows first declined the DOJ’s request in August of 2025.  The DOJ filed suit against Maine in September 2025.  Arguments in the case of USA vs. Bellows were held in March.  Today. Chief US District Judge Lance E. Walker granted all motions to dismiss and denied the government’s motion for an order to show cause.

Judge Walker wrote in his decision:  “Under our constitution, states are the primary regulators and administrators of elections for federal office, unless Congress passes legislation that preempts that framework.  And Congress’s power to do even that is itself subject to limitations.”

DOJ went on to sue the 30 states that have refused to turn over voter data.  Today’s ruling is the seventh win for the coalition of states fighting back, consistent with decisions reached by courts in Arizona, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Michigan, Oregon and California.  A judge ruled in an 8th case today dismissing a similar case in Wisconsin.