The order, which comes just months before the November midterms, immediately drew promises of legal challenges from states and voting rights advocates. In apparent anticipation of such challenges, Trump described the order as “foolproof,” adding, “Maybe it’ll be tested. Maybe it won’t.”
The order authorizes Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate states and localities that give ballots to ineligible voters—and possibly prosecute local officials involved. It also threatens to withhold federal funding from noncompliant states and localities.
“The cheating on mail-in voting is legendary,” he said. “It’s horrible, what’s gone on. It’s very clearly covered, very, very clearly. So I think this will help a lot with elections.”
The order also came as Trump has pushed Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, legislation that would require strict proof of citizenship before registering to vote and valid identification before casting ballots. While the GOP-led House passed the measure, it faces an uphill battle in the Senate.
It’s not the first time Trump has resorted to executive orders to remake elections. A year ago, he issued an executive order that sought major changes to how states handle elections, parts of which have been blocked by courts. Among the parts blocked is the directive to withhold federal election funds to states that would not change their voting procedures to meet the President’s demands.
Immediate rebuke
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, in a video statement on social media, called the order “unconstitutional” and noted that mail-in ballots have actually been designed by Republicans and have kept the GOP in power in the state for years. He also said in a separate statement that the mail-in voting system serves 80% of Arizona’s voters and that the order was a “disgusting overreach” that showed “how little the Trump Administration understands about election administration.”
Maine’s Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said the state is not “going to obey in advance.” In 2024, more than 360,000 voters in Maine, which has about 900,000 voters, cast their ballots by mail, according to data from the University of Florida’s Election Lab.
Marc Elias, an attorney who founded media platform Democracy Docket, posted on social media that he plans to launch and win a legal challenge, claiming Trump’s latest order leads to “the targeting of Democrats for mass disenfranchisement.”
—Connor Greene contributed reporting.
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