Nonprofit groups sue Trump administration over election executive order, calling it unconstitutional
Source: AP
Updated 5:24 PM EDT, March 31, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Two election watchdog organizations sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday over his executive order seeking to overhaul the nation’s elections through a proof-of-citizenship requirement, new mail ballot deadline restrictions and other sweeping changes.
The lawsuit, filed by the Campaign Legal Center and the State Democracy Defenders Fund in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, asks the court to declare the order unconstitutional and stop it from being implemented. It names three nonprofit voter advocacy organizations as plaintiffs that it alleges are harmed by the order: the League of United Latin American Citizens, the Secure Families Initiative and the Arizona Students’ Association.
“The president’s executive order is an unlawful action that threatens to uproot our tried-and-tested election systems and silence potentially millions of Americans,” said Danielle Lang, senior director of voting rights at the D.C.-based Campaign Legal Center. “It is simply not within the president’s authority to set election rules by executive decree, especially when they would restrict access to voting in this way.” The White House didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Monday’s lawsuit marks the first major legal challenge to last week’s executive order, which election lawyers have warned may violate the U.S. Constitution and asserts power they say the president does not have over an independent agency. That agency, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, sets voluntary voting system guidelines and maintains the federal voter registration form.
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Link to Campaign Legal Center PRESS RELEASE - CLC Sues to Block Trump Administration’s Illegal Election Overreach
Link to COMPLAINT INFO - Defending the Freedom to Vote from Trump Administration’s Unconstitutional Presidential Overreach (LULAC, et al. v. Executive Office of the President)
Link to COMPLAINT PAGE - Complaint — LULAC, et al. v. Executive Office of the President, et al.
Link to COMPLAINT (PDF) - https://campaignlegal.org/sites/default/files/2025-03/1.pdf