LULAC
Oldest Latino civil rights organisation in the US, suing over the 2026 mail ballot order.
Last refreshed: 12 April 2026
Why are Latino voters disproportionately at risk from the 2026 voter roll purges?
- What is LULAC suing over in 2026?
- LULAC filed one of four simultaneous challenges to Trump's 31 March 2026 mail ballot executive order, arguing it harms Latino voters who rely on mail voting.Source: Event: Four challenges to ballot EO
- Who is LULAC and what do they do?
- The League of United Latin American Citizens, founded in 1929, is the oldest US Latino civil rights organisation. It campaigns on voting rights, education, and immigration.Source: Event: Four challenges to ballot EO
Background
LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) is the oldest and largest Latino civil rights organisation in the United States, founded in 1929 in Corpus Christi, Texas. It has chapters in all 50 states and has historically focused on voting rights, education, and immigration policy. LULAC was one of the four organisations that filed simultaneous legal challenges to President Trump's 31 March 2026 mail ballot executive order, with the speed of filing indicating the briefs had been prepared before the order was published.
LULAC's standing in the mail ballot challenge derives from its representation of Latino communities, who are disproportionately represented among mail voters in several key states and who face elevated risk of false flagging under any citizenship verification system with known error rates. The organisation's legal history includes challenges to redistricting maps and voter ID laws.
The 2026 voter data programme is particularly relevant to LULAC because the SAVE System, which flags potential non-citizen voters, has an acknowledged 17% error rate in early testing. Latino citizens are among the groups most likely to be falsely flagged, given shared names, immigrant family members, and incomplete data cross-referencing.