news release: CCAG Files as Intervenor Opposing US Department of Justice’s Suit to Force State to Hand Over Voter Data
Liz Dupont-Diehl
Contact: Helen Humphreys, He...@ccag.net
Release Date: Jan. 14, 2026
CCAG Files as Intervenor Opposing US Department of Justice’s Suit to Force State to Hand Over Voter Data
STATEWIDE - The Connecticut Citizen Action Group (CCAG) has intervened in a challenge to the US Department of Justice’s (US DOJ) efforts to force Connecticut Secretary of State Stephanie Thomas to hand over unredacted voter records.
The motion, filed January 9, says US DOJ efforts to get private data on voters will have a chilling effect on civic engagement and pose a risk of identity theft.
“We have no doubt that this is part of their next effort to rig the 2026 and 2028 elections,” said CCAG Executive Director Tom Swan.
Connecticut is one of 23 states refusing to provide data requested by the US DOJ, including dates of birth, residential addresses, and partial social security numbers, the Associated Press reports.
When we learned that the Department of Justice recently sued Connecticut’s Secretary of State Stephanie Thomas to compel Connecticut to hand over complete, unredacted voter registration information on all voters in the state, including their dates of birth, driver’s license numbers, and partial social security numbers, we became concerned, Swan said. “Should this effort succeed, it will make CCAG’s civic engagement and voter turnout work more difficult, and it will harm me personally as a Connecticut voter whose privacy rights are at stake here,” the motion states.
Once this information is shared, the harm cannot be undone, the motion continues.
On January 29, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut will hear oral arguments on DOJ’s Motion to Compel production of Connecticut’s unredacted voter records.
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Connecticut Citizen Action Group