Hansi Lo Wang
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It specifically calls for the Trump administration to create lists of adult U.S.
citizens in each state.
And states can review and suggest changes to those lists.
And the Postal Service would be banned from delivering mail-in ballots to anyone not on those lists.
A lot of questions.
Well, we have Democrats suing.
We have voting rights groups suing, civil rights groups suing, a group of overseas and military voters suing.
And I'm watching to see if some states start suing.
You know, Colorado Secretary of State told me she's been in touch with the state attorney general's office for a potential lawsuit in Colorado as a state.
where every registered voter receives a mail-in ballot automatically.
And so there are some other states with this universal vote-by-mail that might want to line up with their own lawsuits.
And the main legal argument in the lawsuits filed so far is that Trump is overstepping his authority by issuing an order that would basically create new rules for voting by mail in federal elections.
The Constitution gives the power for making those rules
to state legislatures and Congress.
And if you're looking for a specific citation, you know, Article 1, Section 4, the times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof.
I can go on.
But this is clearly in the Constitution, and that's making up the main legal argument you see in these lawsuits.
Another interesting legal claim is
is that Trump does not have the power to direct the Postal Service to make rules about who is allowed to receive mail imbalance.
You know, the lawsuits are arguing those kinds of rules would overstep the Postal Service's power.