So far the Trump administration has sued 18 states for failing to come through with some or all of the voter registration records it is demanding.

The U.S. Department of Justice this week added Hawaiʻi to the list of 17 other states it has hauled into court as part of the Trump administration’s effort to gather sensitive personal information on all registered voters across the nation.

U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi wrote to Hawaiʻi Chief Elections Officer Scott Nago on Sept. 8 to request the voter registration information, including drivers license numbers and partial social security numbers. That request has been made to at least 40 states, according to the Brennan Center for Justice .

Nago refused, and on Thursday the DOJ filed suit in Honolulu federal court.

The lawsuit seeks

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