The Department of Justice is escalating its demands for sensitive data from voting officials, suing two Democratic-controlled states who have thus far rebuffed the department's requests.

The United States Department of Justice filed lawsuits against Oregon and Maine on Tuesday, accusing the states of violating federal election laws by not sharing state voter rolls, the department announced.

The Justice Department says it has sued Oregon and Maine for failing to provide their voter registration lists

The Department of Justice announced on Tuesday that it had sued the states of Maine and Oregon for failing to relinquish voter registration lists. The DOJ claimed both states violated federal law by not complying with requests to turn over voter registration lists,

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued Maine and Oregon over their refusal to turn over voter data. Other states, including those led by Republican election officials, have also refused.

Despite threats by President Donald Trump to ban vote by mail, Oregonians know that the system is not a new experiment, write Secretary of State Tobias Read and Oregon Association of County Clerks president Dag Robinson.

The Justice Department alleges that Oregon and Secretary of State Tobias Read violated multiple federal laws by refusing to hand over the state's voter rolls.