In a victory for American voters, a key part of the president’s recent executive order on elections was successfully halted. The president attempted to act beyond his power by unconstitutionally trying to establish new voter registration requirements and directing an independent agency to make drastic changes to our elections.
Campaign Legal Center, alongside a pro-voter coalition, successfully argued in front of a U.S. District Court that it is illegal for the president to set voting rules or direct the Elections Assistance Commission (EAC) to change federal election rules.
The EAC was designed by Congress to be independent and bipartisan. The president cannot legally dictate to the EAC what the federal voter registration form’s contents should be.
Here’s what happened:
In April 2025, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Secure Families Initiative (SFI) and Arizona Students’ Association (ASA) — represented by Campaign Legal Center and State Democracy Defenders Fund (SDDF) — asked the court to stop Section 2(a) of the executive order. This section of the executive order purported to direct the EAC to require documents proving citizenship on the federal voter registration form.
The Constitution gives the states and Congress the express power to regulate our elections, not the president. Read more about our lawsuit to block the Trump administration's illegal election overreach.
Campaign Legal Center will continue to litigate this case to block the entirety of this illegal executive order. With your support, we can protect all Americans’ freedom to vote.