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Minnesota and 22 other attorneys general, plus the governor of Pennsylvania, filed suit April 3, 2026, to block Executive Order 14399, the March 31 directive titled "Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections." The complaint says the order tries to push the federal government into decisions states normally make themselves, especially when it comes to voter registration and mail-ballot procedures. ([ag.state.mn.us](https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2026/04/03_Elections.asp?utm_source=openai))

The White House order says the administration wants to tighten citizenship verification for federal elections and change how mail-in and absentee ballots are handled through the U.S. Postal Service. It directs federal officials to compile and transmit state citizenship lists and instructs the Postmaster General to begin rulemaking for secure ballot envelopes and tracking features on mailed election ballots. ([whitehouse.gov](https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/ensuring-citizenship-verification-and-integrity-in-federal-elections/?query-11-page=3&utm_source=openai))

The states say that plan would force election offices to rewrite registration and ballot-processing systems on a rushed schedule, with some changes landing just weeks before primaries and months before the general-election mail window opens. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said the executive order is unlawful because the Constitution leaves election administration to the states, not the president. ([ag.state.mn.us](https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2026/04/03_Elections.asp?utm_source=openai))

The lawsuit asks a federal court to block the order from taking effect. The complaint argues that the president cannot unilaterally impose new election rules where Congress has not given him that power, and that the order would disrupt preparations already underway for the 2026 election cycle. ([ag.state.mn.us](https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2026/docs/11581_Elections_Complaint.pdf?utm_source=openai))