Trump signs order directing creation of a national voter list, a move already facing lawsuit threats
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to create a nationwide list of verified eligible voters and restrict mail-in voting, a move that has drawn legal threats from state Democratic officials. The order has been criticized as an attempt to seize states' power to run elections and has been deemed unconstitutional by voting law experts.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to create a nationwide list of verified eligible voters. The order calls on the Department of Homeland Security to make the list in each state. It also seeks to bar the U.S. Postal Service from sending absentee ballots to those not on each state's approved list. Federal funding could be withheld from states and localities that don't comply. Democratic states have threatened lawsuits and non-compliance, arguing that the president is illegally encroaching on the right of states to run elections. The order has been criticized as unconstitutional and an attempt to interfere with the way Americans vote.
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