Posted on 12/03/2025 6:29:22 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The U.S. Department of Justice, under President Donald Trump, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs of violating federal law by refusing to hand over the state’s full voter registration database, including protected personal information, as part of a federal election-compliance review.
According to the complaint, federal attorneys say Hobbs unlawfully rejected a September request for an unredacted electronic copy of Washington’s statewide voter registration list — including names, addresses, dates of birth, driver’s license numbers, and the last four digits of Social Security numbers — along with voter registration application records from the previous 22 months.
"I'm not going to turn over the list to the Department of Justice," Hobbs said Tuesday, emphasizing that the information is protected by both federal and state laws. He added, "I'm just not going to hand that over to them."
The department told the court the demand followed its review of Washington’s data in the U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s 2024 Election Administration and Voting Survey. After examining the state’s reporting, federal officials sought additional information to assess whether Washington is properly removing ineligible voters, identifying duplicate registrations, and verifying identification numbers as required under HAVA.
HAVA requires states to assign each registered voter a unique identifier and verify identification numbers during registration. DOJ attorneys argued they cannot evaluate Washington’s compliance without access to the full, unredacted list.
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Washington joins Wisconsin in denying data.
Apparently the state of Washington has a lot to hide.
Doing something like this seems to be an admission of guilt regarding voter fraud.
Good. That’s 12 lost electoral votes for a blue state in federal elections.
Help me understand this; the President can’t defy a judge, but some state official can.
This request is the most benign way to get the data.
Let’s see the governor’s attitude when confronted by a few US Marshall’s serving a DOJ subpoena.
Yeah, whatever happened to the whole “Democracy dies in darkness” mantra?
True, but nothing will happen to them for refusing.
Arrest him.
Throw him in the Federal clink.
Pres Donald Trump’s DOJ filed a lawsuit accusing
Washington state SoS Steve Hobbs of violating federal law
<><>by refusing to hand over the state’s full voter registration database,
<><>including protected personal information,
<><>as part of a federal election-compliance review.
<><>SoS Hobbs unlawfully rejected Trump’s request for
<><>unredacted electronic copy of statewide voter registration lists —
<><>names, addresses, dob, driver’s license nos,
<><>plus the last four digits of S/S numbers
<><>and voter registration app records of the previous 22 months.
LOL!
The Gay Mouse Nitwits at GayBC report more Democrap BS and propaganda.
They’re just mouthpieces for the ‘Craps - all day, every day.
Washington state has not had fair elections in many years. They adopted a “drop box” ballot process and Democrats have never lost a state-wide election since.
There is no legitimate reason to refuse this request from the federal Department of Justice. The state has been completely rigging elections and state officials KNOW IT !
They sure do. I had a nurse tell me she can’t go on vacation out of the country while Trump is in office, because she is here illegally, yet licensed in Washington state to practice nursing. I about fell over.
Folks,
This is the way libs work many times. They are defiant early on but then later have to submit. But they can tell their supporters they were defiant and hopefully keep their jobs.
It has worked well in the past. starting to not work. Trump is a bull dog.
This is a good development. Let it go to SCOTUS. Roberts won’t stand for this nonsense. He is on our side in these matters.
I am a great believer in the 10th amendment, but I am also in loads of agreement with the REST of the Constitution, as well, and for the life of me, I cannot understand why these stupid, state level democrats are allowed to interfere in federal elections and federal immigration policy.
Lock them the hell UP!
Oh, gee, then any federal funds will not flow. (Hoping)
Steve Hobbs. Wonder if he is any relation to Katie Hobbs in AZ?
It could become necessary for the American People to revert rogue states to territorial status.
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