Democratic officials argue Donald Trump's executive order is an authoritarian overreach, violating state rights over how elections are conducted.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic officials in 19 states filed a lawsuit Thursday against President Donald Trump’s attempt to reshape elections across the U.S., calling it an unconstitutional invasion of states’ clear authority to run their own elections.

But the lawsuit — brought by the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Governors Association, and Senate and House Democratic leaders over a recent executive order — argues that the order is unconstitutional, not for voting by noncitizens. Here’s a closer look at the facts.

The months-long audit began in December 2024. It compared more than 7.9 million active driving records of Michigan residents of voting age to more than 7.2 million active registered voters in the state’s Qualified Voter File, according to the release.

The president signed an executive order last week that overhauls U.S. elections by giving unprecedented power to the federal government to regulate voting.

Democratic state attorneys general on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order that compels voters to prove they are U.S. citizens and bars states from counting mail-in ballots received after Election Day.

Voter turnout in the April 1 election in Sangamon County was 18.3%. We want to hear from the thousands who DID NOT vote. Vote in our poll, please!

Four-term Congressman Chris Pappas of New Hampshire announced his bid Thursday to succeed retiring U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a fellow Democrat, next year.

South Korea will hold a snap presidential election within 60 days after the Constitutional Court unanimously removed President Yoon Suk Yeol from office on Friday, upholding his impeachment for imposing martial law last year.

Energized against the new Trump era, and against Elon Musk, Democrats pulled off a crucial judicial victory in Wisconsin and cut into Republican margins in two Florida congressional races.

A trio of off-cycle election results show the president and his party losing political ground, even as they won two of the three races. Political correspondent Lisa Desjardins has a look at the message sent by voters in Wisconsin and Florida.