'A logistical nightmare.' Experts explain Trump’s mail-in ballot order
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President Donald Trump's executive order to create a federal list of eligible voters and send mail-in ballots only to verified voters is facing significant legal challenges and logistical hurdles. Experts say implementing such a system would take years, not months, and require significant funding and coordination between federal and state agencies.
President Trump has signed an executive order to create a federal list of eligible voters. The order instructs the US Postal Service to send mail-in ballots only to verified voters. Elections experts say this would be logistically impossible to implement before the November midterms. The order directs the Department of Homeland Security to coordinate with the Social Security Administration to create lists of voting-age US citizens. Experts estimate that creating such a system would take years and require significant funding. The move is part of Trump's bid to place new restrictions on voting ahead of the midterm elections.
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