Democrats sue to block Trump's executive order targeting mail ballots
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Democrats said Trump was attempting to strike at the heart of America's democratic machinery.
"President Trump has tried again and again to rewrite election rules for his own perceived partisan advantage," their lawsuit said. It adds that "our Constitution's Framers anticipated this kind of desire for absolute power," dispersing the power to control elections to individual states and Congress.
Mail voting has existed for more than a century and had steadily been increasing in popularity in both Democratic and Republican states until 2020. Then Trump decided to target the method, levying baseless claims of mass fraud. As a result, it's become less popular among Republicans and more among Democrats, giving Trump additional incentive to throttle it before midterm elections that will determine whether his party continues to control Congress.
Trump himself often votes by mail, as recently as in a special election in Florida last month.
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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/democrats-sue-to-block-trumps-executive-order-targeting-mail-ballots