LVW Position on Voter Integrity Actions by Executive Order

letter-to-eac-regarding-executive-order-on-elections.pdf

A coalition of major civil rights and voting rights organizations—including the Brennan Center for Justice, ACLU, League of Women Voters, Legal Defense Fund, and NAACP—sent this letter on March 27, 2025, urging the EAC not to implement the President’s March 25 Executive Order titled “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections.”

The groups argue that the Executive Order is unlawful and that the EAC lacks authority to carry out its directives. Their key points:

• The President cannot direct the EAC, which is an independent, bipartisan agency created by Congress.

• The EAC cannot add documentary proof of citizenship to the federal voter registration form because the NVRA prohibits such requirements, and courts have already ruled similar policies unlawful.

• The EAC cannot withhold federal election funding based on conditions not authorized by Congress.

• The EAC cannot change voting system guidelines or revoke certifications on the President’s command; federal law requires a lengthy, structured process.

• Implementing the Order would violate the NVRA, HAVA, the Constitution, and the Administrative Procedure Act, and would severely disrupt state election systems.

The organizations urge the EAC to take no action in response to the Executive Order