The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit has affirmed that the Department of Justice lacks the legal authority to compel the disclosure of sensitive voter registration information from the state of Michigan.

美國第六巡迴上訴法院已確認，司法部缺乏法律權限強迫密西根州披露敏感的選民登記資訊。

The litigation originated from an administrative demand by the Justice Department for unredacted voter rolls—comprising birth dates, driver's license numbers, and partial Social Security numbers—from numerous states and the District of Columbia. The federal government asserted that such data were requisite to verify compliance with the National Voter Registration Act and the Help America Vote Act, citing perceived 'anomalies' in registration processes. Conversely, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and representatives from thirty other jurisdictions contended that the request exceeded statutory authority, suggesting the administration sought to establish a national voter database or facilitate data sharing with the Department of Homeland Security for the identification of non-citizen voters.

此訴訟源於司法部要求多個州及哥倫比亞特區提供未遮蔽的選民名冊，其中包含出生日期、駕照號碼及部分社會安全號碼。聯邦政府主張，由於登記程序中出現所謂的「異常」，這些數據是核實是否遵守《國家選民登記法》與《幫助美國投票法》之必需。相反地，密西根州州務卿 Jocelyn Benson 及其他三十個管轄區的代表則認為，該要求超出了法定權限，暗示行政部門企圖建立全國性選民資料庫，或旨在便利與國土安全部共享數據以識別非公民選民。

In a 2-1 decision, the 6th Circuit upheld a lower court ruling, determining that the federal civil rights law invoked by the government—specifically Title III—does not permit the acquisition of confidential voter data. The majority opinion noted that while the statute was designed to facilitate the exercise of voting rights, the current application sought to utilize it for the inverse purpose of identifying individuals who had not voted. This judicial trajectory is consistent with nine other district courts that have dismissed similar federal suits in states such as California, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin. Notwithstanding these setbacks, thirteen states, including Texas and Ohio, have reportedly complied with or pledged to provide the requested documentation.

第六巡迴法院以 2 比 1 的裁決維持了下級法院的判決，判定政府所援引的聯邦民權法（特別是第三章）並不允許獲取機密選民數據。多數意見指出，雖然該法案旨在促進投票權的行使，但目前的應用卻試圖將其用於相反目的，即識別未投票者。此司法軌跡與其他九個地區法院一致，這些法院已駁回在加州、麻薩諸塞州及威斯康辛州等州提出的類似聯邦訴訟。儘管面臨這些挫折，據報導包括德州與俄亥俄州在內的十三個州已配合或承諾提供所要求的文件。

Parallel to these disputes, the administration's broader electoral restructuring efforts have encountered further judicial impediments. A federal court in Massachusetts recently issued a permanent injunction against executive directives that would have mandated documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration and imposed conditions on federal funding regarding the processing of post-Election Day mail ballots.

與這些爭議平行，行政部門更廣泛的選舉重組努力也遇到了進一步的司法阻礙。麻薩諸塞州的一家聯邦法院最近針對行政指令發出了永久禁制令，該指令原將強制要求選民登記時提供公民身分證明文件，並對處理投票日後郵寄選票的聯邦資金設定條件。

The federal government's efforts to centralize sensitive voter data remain largely obstructed by judicial rulings, though a minority of states continue to cooperate with the administration.

聯邦政府試圖集中敏感選民數據的努力在很大程度上仍受司法裁決阻礙，儘管少數州仍繼續與行政部門合作。