Original Date Announced

President Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 14399, "Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections." The EO directs DHS, in coordination with SSA, to compile and transmit to each State's chief election official a "State Citizenship List" naming all individuals confirmed to be U.S. citizens who will be over 18 at the time of an upcoming federal election and who maintain residence in the State. The State Citizenship List will be derived from federal citizenship and naturalization records, SSA records, SAVE data, and other relevant federal databases.

The EO further directs the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to initiate proposed rulemaking to impose stricter controls on mail-in voting. It requires that the proposal include enhanced tracking requirements and provisions forbidding transmission of mail-in or absentee ballots from voters not enrolled with USPS for mail-in or absentee ballots.

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Subsequent Trump and Court Action

2026.04.02 Complaint - League of Women Voters of Massachusetts v. Trump

A coalition of "nonpartisan, nonprofit organizations dedicated, inter alia, to protecting the right to vote," including the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts, the U.S. Vote Foundation, OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority filed a lawsuit challenging EO 14399 and seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. Plaintiffs claim the EO violates postal statutes and the Privacy Act, unconstitutionally burdens the right to vote, infringes on separation of powers principles, and violates federalism and the Tenth Amendment by coercing states to alter their election laws. League of Women Voters of Massachusetts v. Trump, No. 1:26-cv-11549 (D. Mass.).

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Subsequent Trump and Court Action

2026.04.21 Complaint - Common Cause v. DOJ

Two organizations focused on democracy issues and individual voters filed suit to challenge the Department of Justice's actions to “stockpile millions of Americans' confidential voter data." The complaint, referring to this as DOJ's "Voter Registration Nationalization Policy," alleges that the DOJ has demanded that nearly every state and the District of Columbia turn over statewide voter registration lists, is creating a national voter registration system of records from state files, and has requested that states cede their voter list maintenance responsibilities to the federal government. The complaint further alleges that DOJ plans to disclose the state data to DHS to run through SAVE. Plaintiffs claim that the DOJ's actions violate the separation of powers and federalism principles, Administrative Procedure Act, Elections Clause, Voter Qualifications Clause, and 17th Amendment. Common Cause v. DOJ, No. 1:26-cv-01352 (D.D.C.).

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