The state's keeper of elections is on board with suing President Trump over his executive order requiring voters show proof of citizenship when registering to vote.
Democratic attorneys general filed at least three lawsuits in New England courts against the Trump administration in under 24 hours from Thursday evening into Friday afternoon.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court in Boston, seeks to have a judge block the provisions of Trump’s order and declare them “unconstitutional and void,” arguing that the order exceeds Trump’s authority and violates the separation of powers,
The lawsuit from 19 Democratic attorneys general calls Trump's executive order an "unconstitutional attempt to seize control of elections."
The president signed an executive order last week that overhauls U.S. elections by giving unprecedented power to the federal government to regulate voting.
Nineteen Democrat-led states filed a lawsuit Thursday against President Donald Trump’s executive order requiring proof of citizenship to vote. In
The lawsuit argued Trump overstepped constitutional bounds when he issued an executive order on voter ID requirements and reforming mail-in voting systems.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic officials in 19 states filed a lawsuit Thursday against President Donald Trump’s attempt to reshape elections across the U.S., calling it an unconstitutional invasion of states’ clear authority to run their own elections.