"The administration's loss in the District of Oregon comes on the heels of another separate loss in the Central District of California in a similar suit.

Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge David O. Carter granted a motion filed by California Secretary of State Shirley Weber to dismiss the administration's lawsuit for California's voter rolls.

"The foundation upon which American democracy has been built is the right to vote. Brave Americans have given their lives for more than two hundred years to protect this right," Carter wrote.

"Now it seems the Executive Branch of the United States government wants to abridge the right of many Americans to cast their ballots."