Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul

FILE - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul comments on the numerous lawsuits states have filed against the Trump administration since the president's re-election during a news conference in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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FACT FOCUS: Democratic leaders' challenge to Trump's election executive order misrepresented online

FACT FOCUS: Democratic leaders' challenge to Trump's election executive order misrepresented online

Social media users, including some Republican elected officials, are falsely claiming that Democrats are suing the Trump administration to allow noncitizens to vote in American elections. The Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Governors Association and Senate and House Democratic leaders, have sued to stop Trump's executive order to overhaul U.S. elections, but the challenge is about separation of powers, not voting by noncitizens. Casting a ballot as a noncitizen in federal elections is illegal.