Earlier this month, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold refused to turn over sensitive voter information to the U.S. Department of Justice; now the federal agency is suing for its release.

The lawsuit stems from the DOJ's request for states to provide their statewide voter registration lists. Attorney General Pam Bondi said "too many states have fallen into a pattern of noncompliance with basic voter roll maintenance" and that the move is meant to ensure election integrity.

Colorado's top election official said the DOJ sent a broad request for the voter registration rolls in May. Griswold says her office complied with the request and "shared the publicly available data consistent with applicable law." However, the complaint against Griswold says that her office didn't respond to th

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