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Dhillon went even further, highlighting what she believes is the motive behind these bloated voter lists. “And the goal is to cram as many people on there and make voters who are not particularly engaged, make it easy for someone else to help them fill out their ballot and return it for them when they didn’t care enough to do it themselves,” she added.
Her message was clear: outdated rolls are not mere negligence; they are a tool.
The DOJ official emphasized that the federal government has a legal duty to intervene where states refuse to follow federal election law. “What we can do at the federal government level is ensure that our federal election laws are observed, and that includes each state’s requirement to keep clean voter rolls,” she said. “That is a fundamental basic.”
Dhillon’s comments came just after her division filed six new lawsuits against Democrat-run states — Maryland, Delaware, Rhode Island, New Mexico, Washington state, and Vermont. The suits demand access to voter-registration records so DOJ investigators can dig into duplicate entries, outdated registrations, and potential violations of federal list-maintenance rules.
This follows an agreement reached with North Carolina, where more than 100,000 registrations had been added without meeting the state’s legal requirements. That settlement forced a statewide cleanup.
According to Dhillon, the scope of the DOJ’s enforcement push is expanding rapidly. She said her office is now positioned — through litigation or voluntary compliance — to compel at least 26 states to perform long-overdue voter-roll audits and updates.
“We’re now in litigation with 14 states. So the six yesterday included Maryland, Delaware, Rhode Island, New Mexico, Washington State and Vermont. That adds to eight we already had going,” she explained.
More cooperation may be on the way. “We are close to reaching resolution, voluntary cooperation with another dozen states,” she noted, though she did not name them. “We have voluntary cooperation from four states, and we reached a settlement in a consent decree with the state of North Carolina.”
Dhillon revealed that DOJ analysts are reviewing data from all 50 states and have flagged several jurisdictions — including California — as particularly careless. “There are definitely people on the voter rolls of every state who don’t belong there,” she warned. She pointed to dead voters, duplicates, and individuals who show up at the polls only to discover someone else already cast their ballot.
She also said non-citizens are appearing on voter rolls — both legal and illegal residents — which raises serious concerns given the razor-thin margins seen in many modern elections.
While the DOJ ramps up its cleanup efforts, Democrats are facing their own crisis. The Democratic National Committee has reportedly been forced to take out a massive loan just to stay afloat heading into next year’s critical elections. Leadership turmoil and failed messaging around the recent government shutdown appear to have left the party financially strained.
According to Politico, the DNC took out a $15 million line of credit. The filing acknowledged the money would be used to prop up state parties and aid Democrat candidates in key states — a stark contrast to the Republican National Committee, which had $86 million in cash at the end of September.
As the election season heats up, Democrats are scrambling for funds while the DOJ intensifies scrutiny of voter-roll mismanagement — and for the first time in years, federal pressure may finally force blue states to clean up their act.
