States have cited privacy laws, the DOJ’s demand for unredacted data (such as birth dates, driver’s-license numbers, and partial Social Security numbers), and lack of legal authority—not concealment. Courts have rejected several DOJ demands; an Oregon federal court held the requested disclosure was not authorized.
States are legally required to maintain rolls. Federal law requires reasonable efforts to remove people who have died or moved, but also requires uniform, nondiscriminatory procedures and safeguards before removals.
The “six million” figure is real as a Judicial Watch claim, not an independently established count of six million distinct, currently ineligible people removed because of its lawsuits. Its own April 2026 release says its actions “led to” removal of six million names, including “inactive” registrations. Inactive status does not itself establish that a person was ineligible or voted illegally.
