Democrats Sue to Block Trump Executive Order Targeting Mail Ballots
Top Democrats and voting groups sued to strike down an executive order that directs USPS to restrict mail-ballot delivery and calls for federal 'citizenship lists' built from federal databases.
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Overview
Major Democratic groups and congressional leaders filed a lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., seeking to block President Donald Trump’s executive order on mail voting.
The order, signed Tuesday, directs federal agencies to compile citizenship lists using Social Security Administration records and the SAVE system and instructs the U.S. Postal Service to restrict delivery of mail ballots to approved voters.
Three lawsuits had been filed as of Thursday afternoon, including suits by Democratic party and campaign groups, the ACLU and other civil rights organizations, and the League of United Latin American Citizens.
The order would require states using USPS to submit mail-voter lists 60 days before an election and says states that do not comply would lose federal funding, according to the order.
Plaintiffs are asking courts to strike down the order on First, Fifth and Tenth Amendment grounds and allege violations of the Administrative Procedure Act and the Voting Rights Act, according to court filings.
Analysis
Center-leaning sources frame the story as an unlawful executive overreach by foregrounding legal challenges and expert criticism while downplaying administration defenses. They emphasize lawsuits and procedural hurdles, repeatedly present critical expert quotes (Levitt’s “flatly illegal,” LULAC’s “attack on…checks and balances”), and give little voice to pro-order arguments.