PIERRE, S.D. โ South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined Attorneys General from seven other states in challenging a Presidential Executive Order that would encroach on the Statesโ authority to regulate voter registration.
Executive Order 14019, signed by President Biden, creates a federal bureaucracy that serves as a voter registration organization. The Attorneys General argue that the plan creates a bureaucracy that violates the U.S. Constitution and exceeds the executive branchโs authority. The challenge states that voter registration is a state function and responsibility.
โThis is an election integrity issue and another overreach by the federal government against the States,โ said Attorney General Marty Jackley. โFederal agencies should not become instruments for the Biden Administrationโs partisan voter registration drive. South Dakota Secretary of State Johnson and County Auditors should not be subject to federal interference in their duties regarding voter registration and our elections.โ
South Dakota Secretary of State Monae Johnson also opposes the Executive Order. โIโm proud to represent South Dakota and join Attorney General Marty Jackley in support of this lawsuit and the fight to protect election integrity,โ she said.
Other Attorneys General joining the challenge are from the states of: Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and South Carolina.
The challenge can be readย here: