Democratic states sue Trump over move to reshape elections

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Nineteen Democratic attorneys general filed a lawsuit alleging President Donald Trump’s recent executive order concerning election reforms and expanding voter ID requirements was unconstitutional. 

The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in Massachusetts on Thursday, claimed that “neither the Constitution nor Congress has authorized the President to impose documentary proof of citizenship requirements or to modify state mail-ballot procedures.” 

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