The Department of Justice (DOJ) is suing Fulton County, Georgia, to access records relating to the 2020 election.
“The subpoena, dated October 6, 2025, requested all used and void ballots, stubs of all ballots, signature envelopes, and corresponding envelope digital files from the 2020 General Election in Fulton County,” the filing says. The Fulton Board later replied in a letter that “the physical ballots, stubs, and absentee ballot envelopes for the 2020 General Election remain in the Fulton County Superior Court Clerk’s possession and under seal in accordance with O.C.G.A. § 21-2-500.”
“States have the statutory duty to preserve and protect their constituents from vote dilution,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said in a statement. “At this Department of Justice, we will not permit states to jeopardize the integrity and effectiveness of elections by refusing to abide by our federal elections laws. If states will not fulfill their duty to protect the integrity of the ballot, we will.”
The lawsuit comes on the same day the DOJ filed lawsuits against Colorado, Hawaii, Massachusetts, and Nevada for information surrounding voter registration lists.
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold said the state will not hand over Coloradans’ sensitive voting information to Donald Trump.” She declared that President Trump “does not have a legal right to the information. I will continue to protect our elections and democracy, and look forward to winning this case.”
The DOJ has also filed lawsuits against the states of Oregon and Maine and their Secretaries of State for failing to provide information relating to voter roll records. Other states, including California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania, similarly face lawsuits surrounding voter registration rolls.
