7th and 8th judges rebuff Justice Dept.'s attempts to get voter rolls from states

Washington — The Justice Department on Thursday suffered its seventh and eighth losses in its efforts to obtain sensitive voter information from more than two dozen states, with federal judges dismissing its lawsuits seeking access to Maine's and Wisconsin's voter rolls. In the Maine case, Chief U.S. District Judge Lance Walker granted requests to toss out the Justice Department's suit, which sought to force state officials to hand over Maine's complete voter registration list, including birth …