The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Wisconsin for the sensitive voter data, one of 29 states being sued by the Department of Education (DOD) for this sensitive data. The DOJ claims that a provision in the federal Civil Rights Act of 1960 requires the state to provide the data upon request by the U.,S. attorney general to verify Wisconsin's compliance with the Help America Vote Act and National Voter Registration Act. However, the Wisconsin Elections Commission has asked a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit, claiming it already provided publicly available data on Wisconsin’s 3.6 million registered voters. The elections commission argues that the DOJ has misread the Civil Rights act for only purposes of removing ineligible voters from its rolls quickly enough. Legal experts believe this move is part of a broader effort by the federal government to scrutinize voter registration lists and undermine President Donald Trump's efforts to sow distrust in elections.