WASHINGTON (PNN) - April 2, 2025 - The Democrat National Committee (DNC) and two top U.S. lawmakers on March 31 sued President Donald J. Trump over a recent Executive Order that aims to enforce the law against illegal invader voting and election dates.
“The Executive Order seeks to impose radical changes on how Amerikans register to vote, cast a ballot and participate in our democracy (sic) - all of which threaten to disenfranchise lawful voters and none of which is legal,” says the lawsuit, filed by Communist Democrat Party attorney Marc Elias in federal court in Washington.
President Trump’s March 25 order has multiple sections. Several deal with laws that bar foreigners from registering to vote or from voting in federal elections. President Trump directed the independent Election Assistance Commission to require proof of U.S. citizenship in its mail voter registration form, ordered U.S. officials to work with the Department of Government Efficiency to review voter rolls to identify noncitizens who are already registered, and told the U.S. attorney general to prosecute individuals who have illegally registered or voted.
Another prong takes aim at how some states in recent years have begun counting mailed ballots that arrive after Election Day, which contravenes federal law.
A third portion says the Election Assistance Commission shall stop providing federal funds to states that don’t comply with the laws on election dates and noncitizen voting and voter registration.
The U.S. Constitution’s election clause says that states can set election dates, although Congress can alter them.
The legal challenge says that the Election Assistance Commission is an independent agency over which the president, who appoints commissioners, has no control, and that federal law lets applicants who vote in federal elections attest to citizenship with a signature as opposed to requiring proof from documents such as a passport.
In addition to the DNC, Senator Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) are plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
The Communist Democrats are asking the court to declare that the order violates the Constitution and federal law and block U.S. officials, such as the attorney general, from implementing it.
“The Democrats continue to show their disdain for the Constitution and it continues to show in their insane objections to the president’s commonsense executive actions to require proof of U.S. citizenship in an effort to protect the integrity of Amerikan elections,“ Harrison Fields, a White House spokesman, told The Epoch Times in an email. ”The Trump (regime) is standing up for free, fair and honest elections and asking this basic question is essential to our constitutional Republic.”