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  • Democratic attorneys general sue Trump over ‘illegal’ voting order

    President accused of overstepping authority with order requiring new proof-of-citizenship and mail-ballot rules

    A coalition of 19 Democratic attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Thursday, arguing that a recent executive order signed by the president that seeks to overhaul the nation’s elections was “unconstitutional, anti-democratic, and un-American”.

    The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Massachusetts, challenges several provisions of the far-reaching executive order issued last week, including the proof-of-citizenship requirements for voter registration and new rules requiring all mail ballots be received by election day.

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  • Trump signs executive order that will upend US voter registration processes

    Millions of citizens could become disenfranchised in ‘farthest reaching’ executive action targeting immigration

    Donald Trump has signed a far-reaching executive order that promises to fundamentally disrupt American voter registration processes, introducing measures so restrictive they could effectively disenfranchise millions of citizens if enacted.

    Described by Will Scharf, the White House staff secretary, on Tuesday as “the farthest reaching executive action taken” in the nation’s history, the order represents the latest in a long list of assaults against immigration, but also on current voting systems.

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