The lawsuit accuses President Trump of vastly overstepping his authority to “upturn the electoral playing field in his favor and against his political rivals.”

Democrats are heading to court to challenge President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to impose federal control over how elections are run throughout the country. A suit filed Monday in federal court in Washington argues that Trump’s March 25 order titled “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections,

Maine's secretary of state declined to say whether Maine will get involved in any court battles challenging the executive order but noted that individual states have broad discretion to set their own election laws.