Trump administration sues WA for not sharing voter data

Trump administration sues WA for not sharing voter data

Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard

December 03, 2025 / 10:45 am

The Department of Justice on Tuesday sued Washington’s secretary of state over his refusal to provide personal information contained in the state’s voter rolls.

Secretary of State Steve Hobbs told the Justice Department in September that he would be willing to provide voter names, addresses, genders, years of birth, voting records, registration dates and registration numbers. But he wouldn’t give dates of birth, driver’s license numbers or the last four digits of social security numbers. He wrote that information is protected under Washington law.

The Trump administration had requested the voter data from Washington amid its ongoing search for evide