April 29 (UPI) -- A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Department of Justice that sought Arizona's voter registration rolls.
U.S. District Judge Susan Brnovich said that the federal government isn't entitled to Arizona's statewide voter registration list under Title III of the Civil Rights Act of 1960.
"This case presents a legal question: is the Attorney General entitled to the SVRL under Title III," Brnovich wrote. "It does not present a political question: should the Attorney General be entitled to the SVRL."
Last summer, the Justice Department told Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes to turn over the voter registration records, saying it was checking the state's compliance with the National Voter Registration Act and Help America Vote Act. The department later said that it specifically wanted the full names, dates of birth, home addresses and either their driver's license numbers or partial Social Security numbers of all registered voters.
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