Trump Signs Executive Order on Voter Citizenship Verification and Mail Ballot Restrictions

President Trump signed an executive order directing DHS and the Social Security Administration to compile a national list of citizen-eligible voters in each state, and instructing the U.S. Postal Service to send mail ballots only to verified citizen voters. Election law experts immediately challenged the order as unconstitutional, arguing it encroaches on state authority over elections. Democratic attorneys general and voting rights organizations pledged lawsuits within hours of signing.