Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon delivered an update on the Department of Justice’s review of voter rolls across the country, outlining the scope of ongoing federal enforcement actions and the results gathered so far.
Dhillon said the DOJ’s focus is ensuring that states comply with federal law requiring accurate and up-to-date voter records.
“Hi, I’m Harmeet Dhillon, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, and I’m here to share an important update about one of my many important duties here at the DOJ, which is enforcing our federal election laws,” she said.
Dhillon explained that the department contacted every state earlier this year.
“Here are some facts and figures for you. In the last eight months, the DOJ has reached out to all 50 states asking them to share their voter rolls with us so that we can help them comply with the Help America Vote Act, which requires states to maintain clean voter rolls.”
Dhillon said that four states provided their data voluntarily.
She noted that North Carolina was sued early in the process and is now reviewing records.
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“We sued North Carolina early on, and they are checking the voter records of 100,000 voters who were improperly enrolled on their voter rolls, and they’re going to fix their problem voluntarily,” she said.
According to Dhillon, the DOJ is close to securing cooperation from additional jurisdictions.
“We have an agreement in place almost with another dozen states, and I expect very soon, we’ll be looking at their voter data and comparing it with our records and helping them clean up those voter rolls,” she said.
Litigation remains active in several states.
“Now we have 15 lawsuits pending against 14 states. That’s right, California got sued twice, and we are in litigation with them. They’re refusing to provide their records, even though many of these states voluntarily provide their voter rolls to nonprofit groups like Eric and and even other groups,” she said.
Dhillon added that the department intends to review the remaining states after resolving the current cases.
She also detailed the findings collected so far.
“So we’re engaged with nearly 30 states. Here’s what we found. So far, we’ve checked 47.5 million voter records. We’ve found 260,000 plus dead people enrolled in the state’s voter rolls, which is pretty concerning. They’re going to be removed with the help of the DOJ, and finally, that there are several 1000 non citizens who are enrolled to vote in federal elections,” Dhillon said.
Dhillon noted that the DOJ is working with local authorities where criminal conduct is identified.
“This is very concerning, and the DOJ is partnering with local law enforcement where appropriate to prosecute people who have unlawfully voted in our elections,” she said.
She emphasized that maintaining accurate voter rolls protects the value of individual ballots.
“Even one person voting who shouldn’t have voted is one too many, because every citizen is entitled to one person one vote, assumption that their vote is being counted equally and only with other American citizens.”
Dhillon closed by reaffirming the department’s commitment to completing the review under the direction of Attorney General Pam Bondi.
“We will not rest at this DOJ, with the leadership of the Attorney General, Pam Bondi, until we complete this project and provide confidence to all American voters that the roles are clean and the elections are free and fair. Thanks so much.”
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Under @AGPamBondi, @CivilRights has been hard at work delivering results for America!
• 14 states sued for voter rolls
• 4 states willingly complied
• NC cleaning up over 100k registrations
• 260k dead registrants identified
• Thousands of non-citizens identified pic.twitter.com/3olo97Q6rY— AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) December 5, 2025
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