Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield (D) filed a Lawsuit on 4/4/3036, Challenging an Executive Order (EO) from Trump (R) that Limits Voting-by-Mail.
Rayfield joined 22 other Attorneys General and One Governor, in an Effort to Block Trump’s 3/31/2026 EO. The EO Directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to Create Verified Voter Lists using Federal Data, including Social Security. Those Lists would be Transferred to States to determine Who is Eligible to Vote.
Rayfield Argues the Order Weaponizes the U.S. Postal Service, by giving it Rule-Making Power to Determine who gets a Ballot through the Mail and Who Doesn’t. “The United States Postal Service has one job: to deliver the mail. President Trump is trying to give it a second one — deciding which Americans get a ballot,” said Attorney General Rayfield.
“That is not the postal service’s role, it is not the federal government’s role, and it is not constitutional,” Rayfield Argued in a Statement. “Trump has spent years weaponizing federal agencies to prop up his false story that fraud cost him the 2020 election. He votes by mail. Oregonians vote by mail. And Oregon will keep running its own elections.”
The Lawsuit Argues that the EO Violates the Separation of Powers as the U.S. Constitution gives States the Authority to Conduct Elections, not the President, further that the EO Weaponizes the Postal Service, by Directing it to Withhold Ballots from Voters that are Not on a Federally Approved List.
Rayfield says the Order would Require States to Upend their Existing Election Procedures for Upcoming Elections and Conduct Statewide Voter Education Efforts “at a dangerously quick pace – potentially within weeks of primary elections and mere months before the beginning of mail voting for the 2026 general election.”
Rayfield Warns that the EO will “create confusion, chaos and distrust” in State Elections, while Potentially Disenfranchising Eligible Voters.
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek (D) issued a Press Release 4/4/2026 in Support of the Lawsuit, saying, “Today, Oregon is moving to block President Trump’s unconstitutional voter suppression effort,” adding, “His attack on the fundamental right of every American to vote has nothing to do with election integrity and everything to do with silencing people so he can ultimately influence election results.”
Critics say Trump’s EO would offer Little Time to go through Voter Rolls before Ballots are sent out this Fall for Elections. Critics also Question whether the Administration’s Voter Lists would be Reliable.
Mail Voting has Existed for more than a Century, and was Increasingly Popular in Democratic and Republican States until 2020, when Trump hurled Baseless Claims of Mass Voter Fraud in Mail-in-Voting.
Oregon has had Mail-in-Voting since 1998. The State Legislative Fiscal Office says there have been very Few Cases of Fraud, and Not Enough to Ssway any Elections. The State already uses Bar Codes and Signature Verification for Mail-in-Ballots, which is something Trump’s Order also Stipulates.
The March EO comes after Trump Signed a Similar Order in 2025 to Overhaul Election Rules. the Order was Blocked by Courts. Since then, the Trump Administration has Requested Voter Rolls from Several States, including Oregon. Oregon’s Lawsuit was later Dismissed. “Now the administration is trying again, this time using the U.S. Postal Service,” the Oregon Attorney General’s Office said.
Rayfield is joined in the Lawsuit by the Attorneys General of: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and the Governor of Pennsylvania.
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