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Must Oklahoma give DOJ its full voter list with ID numbers?

United States v. Ziriax

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Must Oklahoma's election chief give DOJ the full voter list?Withdrawn · W.D. Okla. · Merits · Closed

The United States sued to compel the full voter list, then dropped the suit before Ziriax answered or the court ruled.

  1. The United States asks the court to order the voter list turned over

    Feb 26 – Mar 24

    1. United States · Sues for the voter list ·

      It says Ziriax refused a written demand under the Civil Rights Act of 1960 and asks for the full list, with ID fields, within 5 days of an order.

    2. United States · Drops the case ·

      Before any answer, it filed a notice dismissing the suit without prejudice, which ends the case without a court order and allows a new suit.

Should voter and retiree groups be allowed to join the case?Moot · W.D. Okla. · Intervention · Closed

Two sets of groups asked to join; the court had not ruled when the United States dismissed the case, leaving the requests moot.

  1. Voter, civil rights, and retiree groups ask to join the case

    Mar 5–23

    1. Oklahoma retirees' alliance · Asks to intervene ·

      The Oklahoma Alliance for Retired Americans moved to join the case; the motion's text is not yet available.

    2. LWV Oklahoma, LULAC, and a voter · Ask to intervene as defendants ·

      They say the data would feed a national voter database and Ziriax can't represent voters' privacy. They attached a proposed motion to dismiss.

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