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By Matthew Reichbach

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced Friday that he joined other attorneys general in suing the Donald Trump administration over an executive order that seeks to make sweeping changes to the way states run elections.

The lawsuit filed by Torrez and 18 other attorneys general names Trump, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, the Federal Election Commission and other members of the Trump administration.

Torrez called the executive order “an unconstitutional power grab that threatens the very foundation of our democracy.”

“The President has no authority to rewrite state election laws or impose arbitrary barriers to voting,” Torrez continued. “New Mexico will not stand by while the federal government oversteps its bounds and undermines the right of every eligible voter to have their voice heard. We are taking this fight to court to protect the integrity of our elections and defend the fundamental principles of our democracy.”

When Trump issued the executive order, a spokesman for Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver said legal action could be on the table.

Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, the top election official in the state, said the executive order “is blatant overreach by the federal government into our country’s decentralized system of voting.” 

She said it would “weaken our elections and make it harder for eligible voters to make their voices heard.”

She thanked Torrez for joining in the lawsuit and said she would support the effort in any way possible.

Trump has promoted unfounded conspiracy theories about voting irregularities in his time as a politician.

The lawsuit challenges many portions of the Trump executive order, including a threat to withhold federal funding if the states do not comply with the executive order.

“In so doing, the Elections Executive Order seeks to control Plaintiff States’ exercise of their sovereign powers through raw Executive domination, contrary to the U.S. Constitution and its underlying principles of federalism and the separation of powers,” the press release said.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford lead the lawsuit.

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