US Attorney General Todd Blanche may ask Supreme Court to rule on voter roll access
Blanche said the Justice Department could appeal 22 losses in lawsuits against states over voter data access ahead of November elections
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US Attorney General Todd Blanche may ask Supreme Court to rule on voter roll access
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What this story says
- Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department may appeal to the Supreme Court over 22 lost cases seeking access to state voter rolls.
- The Trump administration has filed 31 lawsuits against states resisting federal requests for voter roll data ahead of the November elections.
- Blanche framed the effort as part of President Trump’s election integrity platform, calling it a priority for the administration.
- No right-rated outlet reported on the story, according to the material provided.
Who covered it
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Trust
50/100
Craft
67/100
Hype
32/100
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Thin on the right so far
None of the 9 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.
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Attorney General Todd Blanche said on 14 August 2026 that the Justice Department may ask the Supreme Court to intervene in dozens of cases where federal efforts to access state voter rolls have been blocked. Blanche told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that appealing the 22 losses so far was “absolutely” a possibility. The Justice Department has filed 31 lawsuits against states that have refused to provide sensitive voter roll data, as reported by NBC Chicago and six other outlets.
Blanche linked the push to election integrity, saying it was a campaign priority for President Trump. “Election integrity is something that President Trump ran on, and the American people elected him,” he said, as quoted by Joe.My.God. He added that investigating election fairness was “something we should be running right towards.” The cases centre on whether states must comply with federal requests for voter data under existing laws.
What the coverage left out
None of the digests or the full report named the states involved in the 31 lawsuits or the legal arguments used by either side. The left-rated reports did not include the centre-rated digest’s omission of Blanche’s Supreme Court remarks. No right-rated outlet ran the story at all, according to the material provided.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 6 times, most recently on 16 Aug 2026, 18:15, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
8 rated outlets
- The seven left-rated digests and the single full report led on Blanche’s statement that the Justice Department could take the voter roll cases to the Supreme Court. Joe.My.God. quoted Blanche directly, including his framing of the effort as part of President Trump’s election integrity platform. The digests from NBC New York, NBC Washington, NBC Dallas-Fort Worth, NBC LA and NBC Bay Area all carried the figure of 31 lawsuits filed by the Trump administration against states resisting access to voter rolls.
- Joe.My.God. also included a tweet from Aaron Rupar showing Blanche speaking at a Trump rally to endorse Bruce Blakeman, though it did not link the event to the voter roll cases. The left-rated reports did not mention any specific states involved in the lawsuits or the legal grounds on which the cases were decided.
Centre
1 rated outlet
- The single centre-rated digest, from NBC Chicago, led on the same fact as the left-rated reports: that the Trump administration had filed 31 lawsuits against states resisting federal access to voter roll data. It did not include Blanche’s comments about appealing to the Supreme Court or his remarks linking the effort to election integrity.
Right
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated right has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Read it at the source
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Left
8- Trump DOJ reels from 'humiliating devastation' as hope dies in court battle: legal expert (opens Raw Story in a new tab)
- Blanche: I Might Take Voter Rolls Fight To SCOTUS (opens Joe.My.God. in a new tab)
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- Attorney General Todd Blanche says the DOJ may take states’ voter roll fight to Supreme Court (opens NBC News in a new tab)
- Attorney General Todd Blanche says the DOJ may take states’ voter roll fight to Supreme Court (opens NBC Washington in a new tab)
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- Attorney General Todd Blanche says the DOJ may take states’ voter roll fight to Supreme Court (opens NBC New York in a new tab)
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- Attorney General Todd Blanche says the DOJ may take states’ voter roll fight to Supreme Court (opens NBC Dallas-Fort Worth in a new tab)
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- Attorney General Todd Blanche says the DOJ may take states’ voter roll fight to Supreme Court (opens NBC Bay Area in a new tab)
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- Attorney General Todd Blanche says the DOJ may take states’ voter roll fight to Supreme Court (opens NBC LA in a new tab)
Centre
1Right
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
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1Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover US Attorney General Todd Blanche may ask Supreme Court to rule on voter…?
- Of the 9 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 89% are rated left, 11% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 10. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is US Attorney General Todd Blanche may ask Supreme Court to rule on voter… left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 9 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of US Attorney General Todd Blanche may ask Supreme Court to rule on voter… biased?
- US Attorney General Todd Blanche may ask Supreme Court to rule on voter roll access is one event reported by 10 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting US Attorney General Todd Blanche may ask Supreme Court to rule on voter…?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered US Attorney General Todd Blanche may ask Supreme Court to rule on voter…?
- 10 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- How many lawsuits has the Trump administration filed over voter roll access?
- The Trump administration has filed 31 lawsuits against states that have resisted federal requests for voter roll data, according to reports from NBC Chicago and six other outlets. The Justice Department has lost 22 of these cases so far, as stated by Attorney General Todd Blanche.
- Why is the Justice Department seeking access to state voter rolls?
- Attorney General Todd Blanche said the effort is part of President Trump’s election integrity platform, calling it a priority for the administration. He framed the push as an investigation into election fairness, as quoted by Joe.My.God. and NBC News.
- Which outlets reported on the Justice Department’s voter roll lawsuits?
- Seven left-rated outlets and one centre-rated outlet reported on the story, according to the material provided. No right-rated outlet ran the story. The left-rated reports included a full article from Joe.My.God. and digests from NBC News and its regional affiliates.
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