Excerpt: “The Executive Order seeks to impose radical changes on how Americans register to vote, cast a ballot, and participate in our democracy—all of which threaten to disenfranchise lawful voters and none of which is legal. The Order attacks dozens of States that have properly and lawfully adopted ballot receipt deadline laws that permit mail ballots cast by election day to count if received within a certain time frame, ignoring that such laws are longstanding and represent a legitimate ‘policy choice’ by States. DNC v. Wis. State Leg., 141 S. Ct. 28, 34 (2020) (Kavanaugh, J., concurring). The Order requires that the President’s own design preferences be implemented on congressionally mandated voter registration forms, notwithstanding Congress’s clear contrary commands, imposing unjustifiable burdens on all Americans—and especially servicemembers and their families, women, and lower-income voters—attempting to register to vote in federal elections. It forces numerous federal agencies to reveal sensitive personal information about millions of voters to the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (‘DOGE’) without any consent or statutory authority. It tramples upon the independence and bipartisan structure of the Election Assistance Commission (‘EAC’), an agency created in the wake of the 2000 presidential election to improve election administration and voter access in coordination with States. And it wields federal dollars as a cudgel to force States to do the President’s bidding to the detriment of their voters, threatening to deprive them of crucial grants to fund elections and law enforcement.”
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