On May 1, the U.S. Justice Department sued Alabama for failing to produce a statewide computerized list of registered voters in the state. The object of the lawsuit is, of course, to force the state to expedite this task. Under the Help America Vote Act of 2002, all states that agreed to create such a statewide list received substantial federal funding. The list should have been in existence on January 1, 2006. USA v State of Alabama, 2:06cv-392, m.d.