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The Justice Department's Unusual Election-Year Activity

The department has sued thirty states and Washington, D.C. for voter lists and lost more than two dozen of those cases; so much for the quiet period.

On air: Chip Darnell and Hank Ledger on BBN Newsroom
Published 10:36 AM ET, Friday, October 30, 2026

At a glance

First reported by The New York Times: “The Justice Department’s Unusual Election-Year Activity”.
Covered on BBN on Friday, October 30, 2026, at 10:36 AM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Chip Darnell and Hank Ledger.
Topics: Department.
BBN covered this story before: Justice Department subpoenas widen in Alaska Senate probe (October 30).

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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Justice Department has sued thirty states and the District of Columbia for their voter lists, and according to Kuwait Times, the department has come out on the losing end of more than two dozen of those cases.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThirty states! That's a lot of paperwork, and the Kuwait Times says about a thousand election monitors are headed to all fifty states, the largest deployment ever.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFor decades the department kept an informal quiet period before elections. This year it's mostly been filing.