California is challenging President Donald Trump's executive order, which aims to exert federal control over voter rolls and mail-in ballots, in court. California Attorney General Rob Bonta called it a "desperate attempt" by the president to influence the outcome of the 2026 midterm elections. The order requires the Department of Homeland Security to create lists of voting-age U.S. citizens who are resident in each state and transmit them to state voting officials at least 60 days before an election. The Postal Service would then oversee mail-In ballots, with the order directing the agency to develop rules establishing uniform standards for the ballots and preventing it from sending ballots of people who are not approved. The state and local elections official should be able to administer elections without fear of federal overreach or prosecution, BontA said.