On April 13, a U.S. District Court in Missouri ruled that the U.S. Department of Justice made a legal error when it sued Missouri’s Secretary of State, under the “Motor Voter” Law of 1993. The United States sued Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan because the 1993 federal law requires states to maintain accurate voter registration records. However, the judge said that the federal government should have sued the County Clerks of the counties with problems. The decision makes it plain that Missouri voter registration records in many counties have serious problems; but it said there was no evidence that these record-keeping problems have caused any voter fraud. The decision is United States v Carnahan, 05-4391, w.d.