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United States v. Pennsylvania

Location: Pennsylvania
Status: Ongoing
Last Update: October 17, 2025

What's at Stake

The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the State of Pennsylvania, seeking private, confidential voter data that is protected by state privacy laws. DOJ鈥檚 efforts appear to be part of an effort to build a national voter database without congressional authorization and to improperly question the validity of state voter rolls.

Summary

DOJ sued Pennsylvania, seeking the state鈥檚 voter rolls, including large amounts of private voter data, such as social security numbers. DOJ鈥檚 lawsuit follows letters from DOJ seeking information about certain groups of Pennsylvania voters, including voters who have previously lived out of state, and voters who registered to vote by mail. DOJ sent such letters to dozens of States over the summer of 2025, and then filed a tranche of eight lawsuits against states with Democratic administrations in September 2025.

DOJ鈥檚 lawsuit appears to be connected to governmental efforts to create a national voter database without congressional authorization, and to question the validity of certain states鈥 election administration process and voter rolls, and the status of certain voters.

A group of eight Pennsylvania voters as well as the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania and Common Cause sought to intervene to defend against this potential violation of voter privacy. The voters and organizations are represented by the 红杏视频, the 红杏视频 of Pennsylvania, and the Public Interest Law Center.

Notably, a number of the individual voters are Pennsylvanians whose mail ballots were subjected to bogus and illegal mass challenges in 2024 by self-proclaimed 鈥渆lection integrity鈥 advocates. Indeed, persons associated with that failed effort to disenfranchise Pennsylvania voters are now working for or consulting with the federal government regarding 鈥渆lection integrity.鈥

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