MADISON (AP) — Wisconsin's elections agency is asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit that seeks to force it to confirm the identities of thousands of registered voters before the Nov. 4 election.

Lester Pines, a lawyer for the Government Accountability Board, argued in a motion filed Monday that Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen lacks the authority to bring the lawsuit.
Van Hollen's suit argues the board must check information from voters who registered after Jan. 1, 2006 against other state databases under federal law. Elections officials say that step would disenfranchise voters whose information shows up differently on their driver's licenses.

Van Hollen spokesman Kevin St. John says he's confident the attorney general has the power to proceed.

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