Wisconsin AG Joins Other States in Suing the Current Administration Over Executive Order Regarding Elections

Tuesday, April 7th, 2026 -- 2:00 PM

(Wisconsin Radio Network) Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul on Friday joined a coalition of 22 other states and the District of Columbia in a lawsuit challenging the President’s executive order which attempts to exert federal control over voter rolls and mail-in ballots.

According to the Wisconsin Radio Network, Kaul called the order “fundamentally contrary to the way our constitution is set up. It puts voters’ rights at risk, and it would ultimately undermine our democracy,” adding that “an executive order is not a royal decree.”

Kaul said he expects the challenge to move relatively quickly and that a court decision will be issued well before the August primary takes place in Wisconsin. The President’s order requires the Department of Homeland Security to coordinate with the Social Security Administration in creating lists of voting-age U.S. citizens in each state and transmitting them to state elections officials at least 60 days prior to an election.

The U.S. Postal Service would then oversee mail-in ballots. Kaul says all that flies in the face of the Constitution, which empowers the states to oversee elections.

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