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Must New York give the U.S. its voter list with ID numbers?

United States v. Board Of Elections of the State of New York

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Must New York give the U.S. its full, unredacted voter list?2d Cir. · Dismissal · No ruling yet

The district court dismissed the suit with prejudice in July 2026. The United States appealed, and briefing in the Second Circuit is complete.

  1. New York, board members, and two voting groups ask the court to dismiss

    Dec 30, 2025 – Jul 10

    Granted on Jul 10

    1. New York and three commissioners · Move to dismiss ·

      They argued no federal law cited requires handing over the full list with license numbers and Social Security digits.

    2. Three other board members · Answer the complaint ·

      Board members Casale, Kosinski, and Riley answered the complaint instead of moving to dismiss.

    3. NAACP and League of Women Voters · Move to dismiss ·

      The groups seeking to join the case filed their own dismissal motions.

    4. United States · Opposes and asks to compel the list ·

      The U.S. argued federal law lets it demand the list and asked for an order to produce it, later citing a May 2026 Justice Department opinion.

    5. New York, commissioners, voting groups · Reply and oppose the order ·

      They defended dismissal and opposed any order to produce the list.

    6. District court · Dismisses with prejudice ·

      None of the three laws reaches the full list, the court held. It denied the request to compel production as moot.

  2. The United States asks the Second Circuit to reverse the dismissal

    Jul 23 – Oct 29

    1. United States · Appeals ·

      The U.S. appealed the judgment and the dismissal order.

    2. Second Circuit · Expedites the appeal ·

      The court placed the appeal on its expedited calendar and set briefing deadlines.

    3. United States · Files its opening brief ·

      The U.S. filed its brief and appendix seeking reversal.

    4. New York, board members, voting groups · File response briefs ·

      New York, both groups of board members, the League, and the NAACP filed appellee briefs; New York later sent letters citing new authority.

    5. United States · Replies ·

      The U.S. filed its reply brief and answered New York's latest letter.

    6. Second Circuit · Proposes an argument week ·

      The court proposed hearing the case the week of February 15, 2027.

  3. Next step: Argument proposed for week of Feb 15, 2027

Can the NAACP and the League of Women Voters join as defendants?Yes: both groups admitted · N.D.N.Y. · Intervention · Request granted

Both groups asked to join in fall 2025. The court granted both requests in its July 2026 decision.

  1. The NAACP and the League of Women Voters ask to join as defendants

    Oct 1, 2025 – Jul 10

    Granted on Jul 10

    1. NAACP · Asks to intervene ·

      The NAACP and its New York State Conference asked to join the case to defend against the demand, later citing new decisions.

    2. League of Women Voters · Asks to intervene ·

      The League of Women Voters of New York State asked to join as a defendant.

    3. District court · Grants both requests ·

      The court let both groups join as defendants in the same decision that dismissed the suit.

May the DNC and 17 states file briefs supporting dismissal?Yes: both briefs accepted · N.D.N.Y. · Amicus · Request granted

The district court accepted both briefs in January 2026, before it ruled on the motions to dismiss.

  1. The DNC and 17 states ask to file briefs supporting dismissal

    Dec 31, 2025 – Jan 9

    Granted on Jan 9

    1. Democratic National Committee · Asks to file a brief ·

      The DNC asked to file a brief supporting the motions to dismiss.

    2. 17 states · Ask to file a brief ·

      Seventeen states, through their attorneys general, asked to file a brief supporting dismissal.

    3. District court · Accepts both briefs ·

      The court granted both requests and accepted the briefs.

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