Unpublished State Overview

Arizona prohibits online publication of voter registration data.

Statutory citation: A.R.S. § 16-168(F) — "A person… shall not distribute, post or otherwise provide access to any portion of that information through the internet."

The request form requires a copy of the requestor's California driver's license or state ID, along with a detailed explanation of intended use.

The form prohibits sharing or transferring data to any other party without a new application and express written approval of the Secretary of State, and prohibits leaving voter data unsecured and publicly available online or offline.

Note: This conflicts with the relevant statute, which allows the list to be displayed on the internet "for election, scholarly, journalistic, or political purposes" except as determined by the Secretary of State. Cal. Elec. Code § 2194(a)(3).

There is no statutory prohibition on obtaining records (see DE Code 15 § 304(g)–(h)).

However, the state's records request form requires swearing an oath that the records will not be used for any purpose unrelated to the electoral process, and that the information will not be made available to the public, third parties, or published in any searchable format.

A voter's full name, district/precinct designation, and voter status are public. All other personal information on the voter registration affidavit is confidential except for election or government purposes. HRS § 11-97.

It is unlawful to use, print, publish, or distribute any voter registration information acquired from registration affidavits or any list prepared from them unless authorized for election purposes. HRS § 11-14(d).

VRF submitted Maui County's voter data request and payment on 3/28/2022 but received no response. Honolulu and Kauai Counties denied VRF's FOIAs, citing HRS § 11-14(d).

On 7/12/2024, MA denied VRF's records request, citing Mass. Ann. Laws ch. 51, § 47C, which states that names and addresses in the central registry are not public records.

Following the First Circuit's decision in PILF v. Bellows, VRF requested records from MA. The request was denied and VRF was directed to obtain records from each of the 351 individual registrars.

Ongoing litigation: Voter Reference Foundation v. Galvin, Case 1:24-cv-12592 (D. Ma.). Fully briefed; oral arguments held 7/23/2025.

Ongoing litigation: Voter Reference Foundation v. Galvin, Case 1:24-cv-12592 (D. Ma.). Court allows VRF's motion for summary judgement and denies the Secretary's motion to dismiss 03/26/2026.

Only Minnesota residents may make a voter data request. MN Code § 201.091.4–5; see also Cilek v. Office of the Minn. Sec'y of State, 941 N.W.2d 411 (Minn. 2020).

Publication is prohibited under MN Code § 201.091.4(e)(1), which bars placing any information from the public list on the internet in any list, database, or searchable format, regardless of purpose.

VRF previously published Minnesota records but has since unpublished them following enactment of the publication ban.

The request form requires agreeing not to permit unauthorized use or copying of the voter registration list, and not to post, display, or make the list accessible on the internet. VRF has been unable to obtain records as a result.

Records are not inherently confidential — NE Code § 32-330(1) designates the voter registration register as a public record.

Publication is prohibited. NE Code § 32-330(2) bars posting, displaying, using for commercial purposes, or making the list accessible on the internet.

The voter database is considered private and confidential under NH Code § 654:45(VI).

NH will not produce voter files to VRF because it is not a qualified entity. Access is limited to political committees as defined under NH Code § 664:2(III).

An organization that makes $2,500–$5,000 in expenditures, including independent expenditures, qualifies as a political committee. NH Code § 664:2(III)(c)(d).

VRF has de-published New Jersey records due to ongoing litigation: Atlas Data Privacy Corp. v. ROA, 1:24cv4324 (D.N.J.).

ND maintains a central voter file that may be made available to candidates, political parties, or political committees, but is otherwise an exempt record. ND Code § 16.1-02-15.

PA records are currently unpublished. VRF is in active litigation: VRF v. Schmidt, 1:24cv294 (M.D. Pa.).

Publication is prohibited by regulation: 4 Pa. Code § 183.13 and § 183.14(k) both state that the list may not be published on the internet.

Any information obtained from the statewide voter registration file may not be placed for unrestricted access on the internet. SD Code § 12-4-41.

The previous Attorney General sent VRF a cease-and-desist letter arguing that Voteref.com constitutes unrestricted internet access, and that publication is therefore illegal. VRF subsequently unpublished SD records.

UT law allows voters to have their records made private upon request. As of May 2024, only 45.4% of records were designated as public (down from 51% in April 2023).

Only the public portion of the file can be obtained.

The Department of Elections may provide lists of registered voters to nonprofit organizations that promote voter participation and registration. Va. Code Ann. § 24.2-405.A.

As of 12/1/2025, VRF has not been able to obtain a file from Virginia.

VRF had previously acquired and published voter files, but VA passed a law prohibiting online publication, and the records were taken down.