{"id":25364,"date":"2026-04-06T18:12:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=25364"},"modified":"2026-04-06T18:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:12:20","slug":"dems-sue-over-trumps-executive-order-on-mail-in-ballots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=25364","title":{"rendered":"Dems Sue Over Trump’s Executive Order on Mail-in Ballots"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(The Center Square) \u2013 Democratic officials from 23 states and the District of Columbia announced Friday they\u2019re suing to block President Donald Trump\u2019s recent executive order regulating mail-in and absentee ballots.\n<\/p>\n

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The suit\u00a0was slated to be filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. A copy of the lawsuit wasn\u2019t available as of press time.<\/p>\n

Trump doesn\u2019t have the constitutional authority to control elections, California Attorney General Rob Bonta told reporters during a news conference Friday morning. Bonta, a Democrat who\u2019s co-leading the coalition of plaintiffs, noted the authority rests with states and Congress, not the federal executive branch.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThe framers of our Constitution made sure that how we choose our leaders is not put in the hands of a single leader\u201d such as Trump, Bonta said.\n<\/p>\n

Others co-leading the coalition of plaintiffs are Attorneys General Andrea Joy Campbell of Massachusetts, Aaron Ford of Nevada and Nick Brown of Washington state.\n<\/p>\n

The Center Square reached out Friday morning to the White House, which noted the Republican president\u2019s order was designed to secure elections.\n<\/p>\n

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\u201cOnly Democrat politicians and operatives would be upset about lawful efforts to secure American elections and ensure only eligible American citizens are casting ballots,\u201d White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said, answering The Center Square\u2019s questions by email. \u201cPresident Trump campaigned on securing our elections, and the American people sent him back to the White House to get the job done.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s executive order, which was issued on March 31, is titled\u00a0\u201cEnsuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>It cites the Help America Vote Act of 2002, the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 and the federal government\u2019s obligation to ensure a republican form of government in every state under Article IV, Section 4, of the U.S. Constitution. The order also refers to federal laws prohibiting non-citizens from registering to vote or voting in federal elections and the executive branch\u2019s duty to enforce federal laws under Article II of the Constitution.\n<\/p>\n

The executive order directs the secretary of homeland security to compile lists of U.S. citizens who are 18 or older and send them to the chief election official of each state. The order says the list would be based on federal citizenship and naturalization records, Social Security records, SAVE data (used to verify citizenship) and other federal databases.\n<\/p>\n

The order says states must notify the U.S. Postal Service no fewer than 90 days before a federal election if they are using the postal service to deliver mail-in or absentee ballots. The order also says states must send a list of eligible voters to the postal service no fewer than 60 days before a federal election.\n<\/p>\n

Bonta noted the order threatens states with loss of federal funding for failure to comply.\n<\/p>\n

And he contended Trump\u2019s executive order would disrupt the process in which every registered voter in California automatically gets a ballot in the mail.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cProtecting elections is not partisan. Every eligible voter should be able to vote,\u201d Bonta said. \u201cThat is foundational to our democracy.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Bonta said he doesn\u2019t believe the executive order came soon enough to impact California\u2019s June 2 primary, but said it could interfere with the Nov. 3 general election. He added Trump is concerned about Republicans losing congressional seats.\n<\/p>\n

In addition to officials in California, Massachusetts, Washington state, Nevada and the District of Columbia, the lawsuit against Trump\u2019s executive order is being filed by Democratic attorneys general from\u00a0Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin. Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is also among the plaintiffs.\n<\/p>\n

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What do you think about this legal challenge? Leave a prayer for our elections in the comments.<\/h4>\n

This article was originally published at The Center Square. Photo Credit: Janine Robinson on Unsplash.<\/em>
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