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缅因州务卿申娜·贝洛斯表示，她牵头组建了一个州联盟，对抗司法部的相关要求
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当地时间周四，由唐纳德·特朗普总统任命的一名联邦法官驳回了美国司法部对缅因州务卿申娜·贝洛斯提起的诉讼。
这起于9月针对贝洛斯提起的诉讼指控缅因州在拒绝向联邦政府移交缅因州选民相关数据时违反了联邦选举法。
贝洛斯辩称，司法部未就其计划如何使用所要求的数据作出解释，这些数据包括缅因州所有选民名册上的姓名、驾照号码、部分社会安全号码以及完整的出生日期。
她在8月拒绝了司法部的要求，并于12月提起动议要求驳回这起联邦诉讼。
特朗普任命的联邦法官驳回司法部索要亚利桑那州选民数据的诉讼
缅因州务卿、州长候选人申娜·贝洛斯于2026年5月1日在缅因州波特兰市政厅外参加由当地工会组织的五一集会时发表讲话。（格雷姆·斯隆/盖蒂图片社）
“缅因湾的海水非常冰冷，但或许司法部正需要冷静一下。所以，我今天要对特朗普领导的司法部说：跳进缅因湾去吧，”她在7月的一场新闻发布会上说道。
当地时间周四，由特朗普2018年任命的缅因州联邦地区法院首席法官兰斯·沃克批准了贝洛斯的动议，驳回了司法部的诉讼。
沃克表示：“美国政府的相关要求会让我对传统的联邦制实践以及这些理念如何在美国选举中得到体现视而不见。”
司法部起诉六个州拒绝移交选民登记名册，警告“公然违抗”联邦法律
缅因州务卿申娜·贝洛斯于2022年6月23日周四在波特兰的机动车管理局访问期间，演示缅因人如何通过机动车管理局站点以电子方式进行选民登记或更新选民登记信息。（肖恩·帕特里克·奥莱特/《波特兰新闻先驱报》 via 盖蒂图片社）
贝洛斯对这一裁决表示赞扬。她在一份声明中说道：“今天的裁决确认，负责管理我们选举的是各州，而非联邦政府。从特朗普政府索要所有美国人的选民数据那一刻起，我就说了不。当他们试图通过起诉缅因州来恐吓我时，我牵头组建了州联盟进行反击——而我们正在取得胜利。我将继续捍卫每一位缅因州选民的投票权和他们的隐私。”
“我要明确一点——特朗普和司法部可能会继续试图干涉各州负责的自由公平选举。我们不会让他们得逞，”贝洛斯说道。“根据我们的宪法，各州是联邦公职选举的主要监管和管理机构，除非国会通过立法优先于这一框架。即便如此，国会这项权力本身也受到限制。”
代理司法部长托德·布兰奇和欺诈部门助理司法部长科林·麦克唐纳于2026年4月7日在华盛顿出席特朗普政府反欺诈举措新闻发布会后离开司法部。（J·斯科特·阿普尔怀特/美联社）
司法部已就拒绝移交未脱敏选民名册起诉了30个州。根据全国州议会会议的数据，这些诉讼已在亚利桑那州、加利福尼亚州、马萨诸塞州、密歇根州、俄勒冈州、罗德岛州以及如今的缅因州被驳回。
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司法部尚未就这一驳回裁决公开置评。
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系司法部和缅因州务卿寻求进一步置评。
Trump-appointed federal judge rules against admin on Maine voter roll data
May 22, 2026 1:40pm EDT / Fox News
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said she helped lead a coalition of states to fight back against the DOJ’s demand
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A federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump dismissed a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) lawsuit against Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows on Thursday.
The lawsuit, brought against Bellows in September, alleged that Maine violated federal election laws when the state refused to turn over data about Maine voters to the federal government.
Bellows argued that the DOJ did not provide an explanation for how it planned to use the data they requested, which included the names of everybody on Maine’s voter rolls as well as driver’s license numbers, partial Social Security numbers and full dates of birth.
She rejected the DOJ’s request in August and then filed a motion to dismiss the federal lawsuit in December.
TRUMP-APPOINTED FEDERAL JUDGE TOSSES DOJ LAWSUIT SEEKING ARIZONA VOTER DATA
Maine Secretary of State and candidate for Governor Shenna Bellows speaks during a May Day rally organized by local unions, on May 1, 2026, outside City Hall in Portland, Maine.(Graeme Sloan/Getty Images)
“The Gulf of Maine is awfully cold, but maybe that’s what the DOJ needs to cool down. So, here’s my answer to Trump’s DOJ today: Go jump in the Gulf of Maine,” she said in a July news conference.
On Thursday, Maine Chief U.S. District Judge Lance Walker, who Trump appointed in 2018, granted Bellows’ motion and dismissed the DOJ lawsuit.
“The United States’ requests would require me to turn a blind eye to traditional practices of federalism and how those expressions have found expression in American elections,” Walker said.
DOJ SUES SIX STATES FOR REFUSING TO TURN OVER VOTER REGISTRATION ROLLS, WARNS ‘OPEN DEFIANCE’ OF FEDERAL LAW
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows demonstrates how Mainers are now electronically registering to vote or updating voter registration at BMV locations during a visit to the BMV in Portland on Thursday, June 23, 2022.(Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)
Bellows praised the ruling. “Today’s ruling affirms that the states, not the federal government, are in charge of our elections. From the moment the Trump Administration sought every American’s voter data, I said no. When they tried to bully me by suing Maine, I helped lead of coalition of states to fight back – and we’re winning. I will continue to defend every Mainer’s voting rights and their privacy,” she said in a statement.
“Let me be clear – Trump and the DOJ may continue to try to interfere with free and fair elections run by the states. We will not let them,” Bellows said. “Under our Constitution, states are the primary regulators and administrators of elections for federal office, unless Congress passes legislation that preempts that framework. And Congress’s power to do even that is itself subject to limitations.”
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Assistant Attorney General for the Fraud Division Colin McDonald leave the Justice Department after a news conference on the Trump administration’s anti-fraud efforts in Washington on April 7, 2026.(J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
The DOJ has sued 30 states for refusing to turn over unredacted lists of their voter rolls. Those lawsuits have been dismissed in Arizona, California, Massachusetts, Michigan, Oregon, Rhode Island and now Maine, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
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The DOJ has not publicly commented on the dismissal.
Fox News Digital contacted the DOJ and Maine secretary of state for additional comment.
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