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Michigan's secretary of state says she'll go to court to fight Trump's order which would upend vote-by-mail practices.
Trump’s new order aims to restrict mail-in voting and create a national voter list. ‘I will take swift action to fight this illegal order in court,’ said Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.
The lawsuit filed Friday argues the U.S. Constitution gives states the primary authority to administer elections. The order directs the postal service to send ballots to eligible voters on a provided list.
Michigan’s top statewide elected officials — Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Attorney General Dana Nessel and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, all Democrats — each released statements condemning a new executive order signed Tuesday by President Donald Trump taking aim at mail-in ballots.
It was the third national “No Kings” protest since Trump took office, and the first of its kind since the start of the Iran War and the killing of two US citizens in Minnesota by immigration and border enforcement agents.
Michigan AG Dana Nessel and 24 other attorneys general are suing the Trump administration over an executive order on mail voting.
FEMA will now reimburse at least 75% of eligible costs for electric infrastructure repairs at nonprofit cooperatives.