Judge Blocks Fed Effort to Obtain Utah Voter Rolls

Federal judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit seeking Utah's private voter information

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 23, 2026 (Gephardt Daily) — A Department of Justice lawsuit seeking access to Utah’s private voter information has been dismissed with prejudice in federal court. Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, who was named in the suit in her official capacity as the state’s chief election officer, announced the decision in […] The post Federal judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit seeking Utah’s private voter information first appeared on Gep…

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Utah’s elections chief doesn’t have to give full voter rolls to Trump’s DOJ, judge decides

Utah’s voter database is “not a record or paper which ‘comes into [the Utah Lieutenant Governor’s] possession,’ so she need not make it ‘available for inspection, reproduction, or copying’ by the Attorney General," the judge wrote.

Judge blocks fed effort to obtain Utah voter rolls

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Justice seeking access to Utah's voter rolls, siding with the state's lieutenant governor.