Jocelyn Benson calls Trump's vote-by-mail order 'illegal'
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has called President Donald Trump's executive order to change mail-in voting 'illegal on its face'. The order requires states to develop a 'State Citizenship List' and track mail-in ballots, which Benson says will disenfranchise voters and create chaos in the election process.
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson opposes President Trump's executive order to change mail-in voting. The order requires states to develop a 'State Citizenship List' and track mail-in ballots. Benson says this will disenfranchise voters and create chaos. The order also threatens to withhold federal funding from non-compliant states. Trump has claimed mail-in voting is prone to fraud, despite voting by mail himself. Benson and other state officials plan to fight the order in court, citing the Constitution's grant of election authority to states and Congress.
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