"We encourage states with questions to work with their state election offices for basic implementation requirements," shared the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which manages the election security grant program, last year. In January of this year, a federal judge in Califonria dismissed the Trump Administration's demand for legally protected voter information finding the Justice Department's request was "unprecedented and illegal". No state that has been sued by the Trump Administration for private voter information has been required to provide that information by federal courts. "The DOJ should also drop its litigation to obtain state voter rolls and its continued threats to prosecute election officials," Wednesday's letter concluded. The 28 Senators who signed Wednesday's letter demanded Trump Administration officials confirm their intent to comply with federal law no later than Friday, August 7, 2026.