DNC and top Democratic leaders sue Trump over mail-in voting executive order

Key Points:

• A coalition of major Democratic groups, including the DNC and Democratic Governors Association, filed a lawsuit against President Trump's executive order that increases federal control over mail-in voting by creating federally approved voter lists for each state.
• The lawsuit, filed in D.C. federal court and including top Democratic congressional leaders as plaintiffs, argues the order unconstitutionally infringes on states' rights and Congress's authority to regulate elections, violating multiple constitutional amendments and federal laws.
• Trump's order mandates the Department of Homeland Security to compile eligible voter lists using Social Security data and directs the USPS to send absentee ballots only to those on these federally approved lists, threatening states with loss of federal funding if they do not comply.
• The plaintiffs claim the order restricts Americans' ability to vote by mail and is a partisan attempt by Trump to alter election rules, echoing a previous similar executive order that was struck down by courts for exceeding presidential authority.
• The executive order follows Trump's continued push for mail-in voting restrictions amid his unsubstantiated claims of widespread fraud, including calls for legislation requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote, a measure already deemed unnecessary due to the rarity of non-citizen voting.