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Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and 18 other attorneys general said the directive “usurps the States’ constitutional power and seeks to amend election law by fiat.”
The lawsuit filed by Democratic officials in 19 states, including Illinois, seeks to block key aspects of Trump’s executive order, including new requirements that people provide documentary proof of citizenship when registering to vote and a demand that all mail ballots be received by Election Day.