Connecticut challenges Trump's executive order targeting mail-in voting
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Connecticut has joined a multistate lawsuit to block an executive order by President Donald Trump that targets mail-in voting. The order would require states to provide the US Postal Service with a list of eligible voters and force the postal service to distribute mail-in ballots only to those on the list.
Connecticut has signed on to a lawsuit against an executive order by President Trump. The order requires states to provide the US Postal Service with a list of eligible voters. The federal Social Security Administration would also compile a list of eligible voters. The lawsuit calls the order unconstitutional and claims it would make elections logistically difficult or impossible. Some states have already held primary elections. All states have some form of mail-in voting. The order mimics provisions from the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act. Connecticut legislators have made changes to how the state handles mail-in ballots, including requiring video recordings of absentee ballot drop boxes and tracking how absentee ballots are received.
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