Democrats Sue Over Trump's Mail-In Voting Restrictions

Democratic leaders and party organizations filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday challenging President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at restricting mail-in voting nationwide. The suit, lodged in a Washington, D.C., district court, seeks to block the order issued Tuesday, which plaintiffs argue oversteps presidential authority by interfering with states' control over elections.

The executive order directs the Department of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Social Security Administration and other agencies, to compile lists of confirmed U.S. citizens eligible to vote in each state using federal records, including naturalization data and the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program. It requires the U.S. Postal Service to send absentee ballots only to individuals on states' approved mail-in voting lists and instructs the attorney general to prioritize prosecutions of election officials who provide ballots to ineligible voters. States must notify the Postal Service at least 90 days before federal elections about plans to use mail voting and submit voter lists 60 days in advance. Noncompliant states and localities could face withholding of federal funds,...