Judicial Watch describes itself as a conservative, non-partisan educational foundation that challenges what it believes to be illegal practices and unconstitutional regulations in all of the 50 United States.

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The foundation has regularly been reporting on the decision of the U.S. District Court of Maine which struck down Maine’s policy restricting the use and distribution of the state’s voter registration list, in Public Interest Foundation v. Shenna Bellows, No. 23-1361.

The lawsuit, citing the National Voter Registration Act, is now in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. According to an amicus curiae brief, also known as a friend of the court brief, that Judicial Watch filed with the court in July, it asserts that “In the last ten years, no organization public or private has obtained more statewide settlement agreements or consent decrees against chief state election officials for violation of the NVRA.”

According to Judicial Watch, it conducted a national study in 2020 concluding that “Maine’s statewide registration rate was 101% of eligible voters.”

According to a Judicial Watch press release announcing its brief, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said that “federal law mandates voter roll transparency.” He also said in the release, “Given Maine’s refusal to release its voter roll information, it’s reasonable to think that cleaning up voter rolls is not a priority. Dirty voter rolls can mean dirty elections.”

Thomas F. Shields, Auburn