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Lawsuit from state attorneys general challenges Trump's executive order on election overhaul

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Democratic state attorneys general on Friday will seek to block President Donald Trump ’s proposal for a sweeping overhaul of U.S. elections.

The top law enforcement officials from 19 states filed a federal lawsuit after the Republican president signed the executive order in March .

They argue that its provisions would step on states’ power to set their own election rules and that the executive branch had no such authority.

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semi-formal

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English

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69

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