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What Are Our Rights?
See our voting rights explained here.
Federal Action Taken Against Voting Rights
The 2 main actlons taken in 2025 to limit voting rights are an executive order issued by the president and The SAVE Act created by Congress.
Executive Order
Executive order titled "Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections" attempts to:
- Require further proof of citizenship for voter registration beyond what is required today.
- Require paper ballots only
- Restrict mail-in voting
- Use federal agencies to verify citizenship and share personal data.
- Decertifying voting machines
- Privacy concerns with DOGE accessing voter data.
- Withold federal grant funding from states counting mail-in ballots received after election day.
Multiple lawsuits have been filed challenging the legality of this executive order on elections, including a lawsuit by the League of Women Voters with other voting rights groups and lawsuits by attorneys general from several states. The LWV lawsuits argue that the President lacks the power to issue those orders because our Constistution and relevant law stipulate that the President has no role in regulating federal elections. and violate existing laws like the National Voter Registration Act.
In April 2025, a federal judges blocked parts of the executive order. See the injunction blocking parts of the order here.
A second federal judge blocked parts of the executive order stating "The Constitution does not grant the President any specific powers over elections... there is no dispute (nor could there be) that U.S. citizenship is required to vote in federal elections and the federal voter registration forms require attestation of citizenship"... requirements stated in the executive order would “burden the States with significant efforts and substantial costs”. Read the court rulings here.
SAVE Act - Passed by House and presented to Senate for approval
Legal Challenges to Executive Orders of the Current Administration
LWV Nevada County takes a stand on voting rights

Additional Information...
Do you have questions about your voting rights? Learn more about your voting rights here.
If you feel your rights have been violated, you can contact the California Department of Justice here.