Did 19 state attorneys general sue the Trump administration to create voting rights for noncitizens?

While 19 state attorneys general, including Arizona’s Kris Mayes, filed a lawsuit challenging a recent executive order involving election reforms, the lawsuit makes no attempt to establish noncitizen voting rights. It instead contests specific elements of the order, which the attorneys general argue exceed the limits of executive authority. 

Though the constitution primarily leaves the governance and administration of elections to states, Congress does have ability to legislate federal election rules. In 2002, it created the Elections Assistance Commission, an independent agency responsible for helping states comply with those federal standards. The executive branch has no singular authority to write election laws. 

The attorneys general’s lawsuit, one of several challenging the executive order, does not seek to alter existing voting laws, which already prohibit noncitizen voting. Instances of noncitizen voting are extremely rare, according to research from the Heritage Foundation, a right-leaning think tank.