Voters in Grand Rapids, Mich., cast their ballots during the state’s August primary in 2024. (Matt Vasilogambros/Stateline)

The League of Women Voters of Michigan has filed a motion to intervene on behalf of voters in the federal court case in which the U.S. Department of Justice is suing Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and the state of Michigan for access to voter registration data.

“We will not stand by while a federal fishing expedition puts the information of millions of Michiganders at risk and encourages voter intimidation,” said Lynne Kochmanski, co-president of the League of Women Voters of Michigan, in a press release from the organization.

The case, currently in district court in the Western District of Michigan, argues that Michigan has violated the Civil Rights Act of 1960

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