Trump Sued by 22 State AGs Over Executive Order Seizing Federal Control of Elections

A coalition of 22 state attorneys general and one governor filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts challenging President Trump's March 31 executive order on voter eligibility. The order attempts to establish a national list of eligible voters and directs the U.S. Postal Service to transmit mail ballots only to those on the federal list. The coalition argues this represents an unconstitutional federal power grab that interferes with states' constitutional authority to administer elections. The lawsuit seeks to declare the executive order unconstitutional and void, and to enjoin the federal government from implementing or enforcing it. States argue the order would cause mass confusion and disenfranchisement by restricting voter eligibility and mail voting to federally pre-authorized lists. The participating states include Minnesota, Rhode Island, Washington, and 19 others in a coordinated legal challenge to what they characterize as executive overreach...

"On March 31, President Trump signed an Executive Order attempting to establish a national list of eligible voters and directing the U.S. Postal Service, an independent federal agency, to transmit mail ballots only to those on the list." — From the Minnesota Attorney General's press release announcing the multi-state lawsuit challenging the executive order's constitutionality