The review was prompted by a contentious election in Bennington County last year in which dozens of voters received the wrong ballots.

According to the federal lawsuit, Vermont did not comply with orders to provide each voter's age, address and Social Security number.

Vermont’s at-large congressional district hasn’t elected a Republican since 1988, and that won’t change anytime soon. Democratic Rep. Becca Balint, now in her second term after winning reelection by 33 points,

Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas announced in August she wouldn’t turn over the records, which include addresses, drivers license numbers and the last four digits of social security numbers.

Vermont Business Magazine Today, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced it has filed federal lawsuits against six states — Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington — for failure to produce their statewide voter registration lists upon request.