President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday commanding wide-ranging changes to how U.S. elections are conducted, a move that will likely be swiftly challenged by voting rights organizations across the country.
Since the beginning of his second term, Trump has repeatedly outlined his extreme vision for U.S. elections, and his administration has taken actions that would, if permitted, vastly increase federal control over elections.
Tuesday’s executive order is an extension of those efforts by attempting to mandate alterations that would make it more difficult for Americans to vote and would strip funding from states who do not comply with the order.
Among the changes, Trump’s order would punish states that count ballots after Election Day and would make significant modifications to voting systems and security standards for voting equipment.
It would also require “government-issued proof of U.S. citizenship on its voter registration forms,” the White House said, a move that could disenfranchise one in 1o eligible U.S. voters, previous surveys have found.
Posted by John3262005
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Might be a time to take a trip down to the local gun store, just in case
Jokes on him, he won with low-information, low turnout voters. Democrats win in low turnout elections now.
They are absolutely going to attempt stealing the midterms.
So it begins
Huh, sounds illegal. See you in court, Donald
Three months in, folks! And already got this far.
>Among the changes, Trump’s order would punish states that count ballots received after Election Day
In other words, military voters can go to hell. Bold strategy for the GOP. Let’s see if it pays off for them.
“We’re gonna clobber the Republicans in the next elections”, say increasingly delusional liberals.
So this is how liberty dies, with 👊🇺🇸🔥
There it is.
Probably gonna try to rig it.
I know Americans are anti changing things, but a constructive version of this with the intent of standardizing and streamlining elections – at least federal ones – should have been done decades ago.