And there's been a lot of focus on the midterms as it relates to the Justice Department, which has lost 22 cases trying to force states to turn over their voter rolls. State officials have pushed back against those moves. They [state officials] say states dictate how elections are run, not the federal government. Is it time for the DOJ to drop this fight and will you do it? Well, just, I mean, we're relying on a statute, a statute passed by Congress that allows us in the right circumst to review and get those voter rolls. (00:16–00:21)
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Asserts that state officials claim states, not the federal government, control election processes.
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