Secretary of State Shenna Bellows.

Today, the US Department of Justice Civil Rights Division sued the states of Oregon and Maine and their respective Secretaries of State, for failing to provide information regarding voter list maintenance procedures and electionic copies of statewide voter registration lists.

“States simply cannot pick and choose which federal laws they will comply with, including our voting laws, which ensure that all American citizens have equal access to the ballot.in federal elections,” said Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillo of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.  “American citizens have a right to feel confident in the integrity of our electoral process and the refusal of certain states to protect their citizens against vote dilution will result in legal consequences.”

The lawsuit against Maine alleges that Maine and its Secretary of State Shenna Bellows violated the NVRA, HAVA and CPA by refusing to provide data regarding the removal of ineligible individuals and to produce an unredacted, computerized state voter registration list

Maine’s Secretary of State Shenna Bellows responded:  “Maine has some of the best elections in the nation.  It is absurd that the Department of Justice is targeting our state when Republicans and Democratic Secretaries all across the country are fighting back against this federal abuse of power just like we are.”

For more background information on the matter, please visit post herein dated July 29, 2025.