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Civil rights groups sue Trump administration over order to limit mail-in voting

The Guardian · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · · 626 words · By Sam Levine
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What to know about Civil rights groups sue Trump administration over order to limit mail-in voting

A coalition of civil rights groups sued the Trump administration on Thursday, saying that a new executive order to limit mail-in voting is unconstitutional.

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What happened

A coalition of civil rights groups sued the Trump administration on Thursday, saying that a new executive order to limit mail-in voting is unconstitutional.

Why it matters

The order, which Trump signed on Tuesday, instructs the federal government to come up with a list of eligible citizens who can vote in each state.

Common ground

It also instructs the US Postal Service to only transmit mail-in ballots to people on that list.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The plaintiffs in the case include the national and Massachusetts chapters of the League of Women Voters, as well as advocacy groups for Americans living abroad. OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates and the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority are also plaintiffs. They are represented by a slew of civil rights and voting organizations, including the ACLU, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, the Brennan Center for Justice, and Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC.”
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No sources were found that confirm the specific plaintiffs or legal representation in the case.
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Claim 2: “The Constitution forbids this attempted usurpation of power. The President’s role is to execute the laws enacted by Congress–not to create new ones.”
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Web sources describe legal arguments about executive overreach, including claims of unconstitutional authority to rewrite laws. Multiple legal filings support this contention.
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Claim 3: “The FBI also raided the election office in Fulton county, Georgia, and seized ballots related to the 2020 election. An unsealed search warrant affidavit reveals that the FBI’s basis for getting the warrant was debunked conspiracy theories.”
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No sources were found that confirm the FBI raid in Fulton County or its legal basis.
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Claim 4: “The 30 March executive order marked the second time Trump has tried to unilaterally change voting laws since taking office. Last year, he signed an executive order seeking to impose proof of citizenship requirements and to punish states that allowed ballots to be counted if they arrived after election day, regardless of when they were mailed. That order has been nearly entirely blocked.”
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While web search results for claim 1 mention a previous order, the specific claim about this being the second attempt lacks direct corroboration.
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Claim 5: “The executive order also runs afoul of a provision in the Voting Rights Act that prohibits government officials from blocking qualified voters from casting a ballot, and the Privacy Act, a 1974 law that sets certain restrictions on how the government can go about collecting information on Americans.”
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Wikipedia entries on privacy laws do not specifically confirm the claim about the Privacy Act of 1974 being violated by the executive order.
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Claim 6: “The order, which Trump signed on Tuesday, instructs the federal government to come up with a list of eligible citizens who can vote in each state. It also instructs the US Postal Service to only transmit mail-in ballots to people on that list.”
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Web search results directly confirm Trump's executive order requiring a verified voter list and USPS restrictions. Wikipedia entries about 2024 election context provide additional corroboration.
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Claim 7: “The justice department has put pressure on states to turn over their voter rolls and sued dozens of them to try to force them to do so. They have not won any of those suits so far and lost three of them.”
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Claim 8: “Put simply, our Constitution does not allow the President to impose unilateral changes to federal election procedures.”
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Claim 9: “The executive order violates the separation of powers outlined in the constitution as well as laws that require neutral treatment of the mail.”
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Claim 10: “A coalition of civil rights groups sued the Trump administration on Thursday, saying that a new executive order to limit mail-in voting is unconstitutional.”
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Multiple web sources confirm civil rights groups sued Trump over an executive order limiting mail-in voting. The Oregon lawsuit and separate Democratic group lawsuit are independently reported.
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump’s latestexecutiveorderattempts to restrictmail-in voting to just voters onalistofverified U.S. ... AfterTrumpissued his previous ...
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web search NEUTRAL — AcoalitionofDemocraticgroupsfiledaseparate lawsuitovertheorderlate Wednesday, and severalcivilrightsand voter advocacygroupsalsosued.
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web search NEUTRAL — ThesecondTrumpadministrationhas issuedexecutiveordersand other presidential directives instituting federal department and agency actions that ...
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