California, other states sue Trump administration to block order on voting overhaul

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Trump's order also would crack down on foreign nationals making political contributions, an issue that has come under fire from Republicans frustrated with major donations to liberal causes by Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss, who lives in Wyoming.
41% : " Trump -- who has falsely asserted that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him -- issued his "Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections" order on March 25. Several other groups, including prominent Democratic organizations and members of Congress and leading civil rights organizations, sued to block the order earlier this week.
38% : It was filed against Trump, U.S. Atty.
34% : " The groups also accused Trump of spreading a "false and racialized narrative" and creating "unnecessary barriers to voter registration," which they said could "disenfranchise millions of eligible voters, particularly voters of color, women voters, naturalized citizens, voters with disabilities, voters with low incomes, and first-time voters.
26% : Democrats and other voting rights advocates have since accused Trump of overstepping those same bounds with his order.
22% : Trump has claimed such requirements would help to eliminate fraudulent voting by noncitizens.
22% : " Along with denying that he lost the 2020 presidential election, Trump was accused of committing crimes in pursuit of staying in power and pardoned violent supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in 2021 to subvert those election results.
21% : California and a coalition of other states sued President Trump and his administration Thursday over his recent executive order purporting to radically reshape voting rules nationwide, including requiring voters to provide proof of citizenship, calling it an illegal attempt by the White House to strip states of their authority to govern elections.
21% : It hinges in part on claims Trump has made for years -- without evidence -- that fraud is rampant in American elections and that voting by noncitizen immigrants is a major problem.
20% : Republicans accused President Biden of overstepping those bounds when he issued an executive order directing federal agencies to promote voting access in 2021 -- which Trump has since rescinded.

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