Trump campaign invokes border crisis in voter registration lawsuit against key battleground state

Source: Law & Crime

Sep 29th, 2024, 11:47 am


The Trump campaign and Republican National Committee accused Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of trying to “significantly change” election laws ahead of what could be a key battleground state to decide the 2024 presidential election.

It’s part of the federal lawsuit Trump and the RNC brought against Whitmer and other Michigan officials in July for her executive order last year establishing Voter Registration Agencies (VRAs) at the Department of Veterans Affairs and Small Business Administration, among other government offices.

Whitmer in her directive invoked the National Voter Registration Act which Congress passed in the early 1990s. One of its requirements is that state’s must designate registration sites at government offices in addition to local clerk’s offices. But Trump, who is joined in the lawsuit by the RNC, Michigan Republican Party and a local clerk, argues Michigan law states that the state Legislature, not the governor, are the designees of VRAs.

The governor of the Mitten State filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing Trump’s “claims are without merit and must be dismissed for three reasons.” First, the state says since the plaintiffs claim that only state law has been violated, the Eleventh Amendment bars it from being filed in federal court. Second, the plaintiffs “have not alleged an injury in fact that is concrete and particularized under any theory.” Finally, the defendants argue that Michigan Election Law authorizes Whitmer to designate state agencies to perform voter registration services.

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