Donald Trump said he would issue an executive order to clarify the identity of all US elections, a step that is likely to face the court as unconstitutional.
“The voter’s identifier should be part of every single vote. No exceptions! I will do an executive to achieve this goal !!!,” said the American president.
Trump also claimed that he wanted to ban all voting by mail except for those who suffer from patients or military service.
US constitution grant The main power to organize elections for the American states, while enabling Congress to enact the laws or regulations of the election. It gives There is no clear salad To the president to organize voting.
Trump’s voting repair campaign stems from the baseless allegations that the 2020 elections that he lost were stolen from it. Earlier this month, Trump only falsely claimed the United States that uses e -mail. Dozens of countries Allow At least a form of voting via mail.
Trump He did himself Election cards by mail. In the 2024 elections, 14 provinces and DC had the voters ’turn 91.5 % vote Through the post, which is supervised by its elections by Republicans.
some 36 US states Ask the laws that demand or demand voters to show identity in the polls, where the remaining countries and DC use other forms of verification. Voters’ fraud is incredibly rare and the voters ’identity laws He appears To influence an impartial manner on minorities, low -income individuals and disabled voters.
“Up to 11 per cent of qualified voters, they have no kind of identity required by countries that have strict identity requirements, and this percentage is higher among the elderly, minorities, persons with disabilities, low -income voters and students,” Brennan Center for Justice States.
A previous attempt was banned by Trump to ask to prove citizenship to vote by a federal judge in June 2025, as the law has risked by depriving millions of Americans who have no passports, and ease of access to birth certificates, and millions of married women may not be with changes in the name sexual documents bearing their current legal name.
It is likely to be executed Affect Tens of millions of Americans, each electoral cycle votes for the first time or updating voters ’registration information. some 146 million American citizens do not have an American passport.