JUST IN: The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon over his refusal to provide the federal government with a copy of the state’s voter registration list. The department’s lawsuit, filed in federal court on Thursday, says it wants the data to allow the U.S. Attorney General “to effectively assess Minnesota’s compliance” with federal elections law. It wants data including voters’ full names, dates of birth, addresses, driver’s license numbers and the last four digits of their social security numbers. “Defendants’ refusal to provide these records as requested constitutes a continuing violation of Federal law,” DOJ officials wrote in the suit. The DOJ and Simon’s office have been playing tug-of-war over the voter data since July. Simon’s office, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit, initially declined the DOJ’s request, saying it did not “identify any legal basis” for its request. The DOJ also didn’t explain how...