The president announced plans for an executive order to require identification for all US elections and to ban most mail-in voting. The US Constitution gives states primary authority over elections and grants Congress regulatory power, but it does not give the president explicit authority to regulate voting. The push for voting reforms is linked to unsupported claims that the 2020 election was stolen. Dozens of countries allow mail-in voting, and many Americans, including the president, have used it. Most voter fraud is extremely rare, and strict voter ID laws disproportionately affect minorities, low-income people, seniors, students and people with disabilities.
Donald Trump has said he will issue an executive order to mandate identification for all US elections, a move likely to be challenged in court as unconstitutional. Voter I.D. Must Be Part of Every Single Vote. NO EXCEPTIONS! I Will Be Doing An Executive Order To That End!!!, the US president said on Truth Social late on Saturday. Trump also claimed he wants to ban all voting by mail except for those who are very ill or in military service.
The US constitution grants primary authority to regulate elections to the US states, while empowering Congress to enact election laws or regulations. It gives no explicit authority to the president to regulate voting. The voting reform push by Trump stems from baseless claims that the 2020 election he lost was stolen from him. Earlier this month, Trump falsely claimed only the US uses mail-in voting. Dozens of countries permit at least some form of mail-in voting. Trump himself has cast election ballots by mail.
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