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On December 18, 2025, DOJ sued Georgia, seeking the release of the state's unredacted voter file, which includes voters' full names, dates of birth, residential addresses, driver's license numbers, and the last four digits of voters' Social Security numbers. DOJ claims—without merit—that this disclosure is compelled by the Civil Rights Act of 1960, a law passed to ensure Black voters in the Jim Crow South were able to register to vote.

DOJ's lawsuit is one of several such cases that it has brought recently against states, as part of its efforts to create a national voter database without congressional authorization. Less than a week after DOJ filed its suit in Georgia, we filed a motion to intervene and an accompanying motion to dismiss on behalf of Common Cause, its members, and a registered Georgia voter who is a naturalized citizen. The intervenors are represented by the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Voting Rights Project, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Georgia, and the Southern Poverty Law Center.