The requests have come in letters, emails and phone calls. The specifics vary, but the target is consistent: The U.S. Department of Justice is ramping up an effort to get voter data and other election information from the states.
FILE – Maine’s Secretary of State Shenna Bellows addresses a livestream as election workers scan ballots, Nov. 12, 2024, in Augusta Maine. (AP Photo/David Sharp, File)
FILE – Voters wait in a long line at a polling place at the Michelle and Barack Obama Sports Complex on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
FILE – Voters wait to receive their ballots at a polling place at McDonald Elementary School, Nov. 5, 2024, in Dearborn, Mich. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Attorney General Pam Bondi, left, listens as President Donald Trump, right, speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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FILE – Maine’s Secretary of State Shenna Bellows addresses a livestream as election workers scan ballots, Nov. 12, 2024, in Augusta Maine. (AP Photo/David Sharp, File)
