Democratic State Attorneys General Sue Over Trump’s Voting Executive Order

The lawsuit challenges an order that aims to require voters to prove they are citizens in order to vote.

Chester County, Pa., election workers process mail-in and absentee ballots at West Chester University in West Chester, Pa., on Nov. 4, 2020. Matt Slocum/AP Photo

A group of 19 Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit on April 3 disputing President Donald Trump’s executive order that requires voters to verify they are U.S. citizens and prevents states from counting mail-in ballots they receive after Election Day.

Filed in Boston federal court, the lawsuit follows two others that challenge the order. The plaintiffs say the order “usurps the States’ constitutional power and seeks to amend election law by fiat.”