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Trump signs executive order in attempt to vastly reshape U.S. elections

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday commanding wide-ranging changes to how U.S. elections are administered, a move that will 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 make it more difficult for Americans to register to vote, to vastly increase federal supervision over state registration rolls and to punish states that do not comply with the order.
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Among the changes, Trump's order would punish states that count ballots received after Election Day and would make significant modifications to voting systems and security standards for voting equipment.

It would also require proof of citizenship for Americans who attempt to register to vote or to update registration information through a federal form, a move that would make it much harder for eligible voters to use the form.

The Department of Justice must go after states that count absentee or mail-in ballots received for federal elections after Election Day under the order, while those states would also lose access to grants to improve their election systems.

The Social Security commissioner must share federal databases with state and local election officials verifying the eligibility of registered voters and those attempting to register, the order directs. It also charges the Department of Homeland Security and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to review state voter registration lists.

The order directs the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), an agency created by Congress to operate without direct control from the White House, to carry out many of these changes.
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The Trump administration claimed the executive order was necessary to prevent election fraud, specifically noncitizens voting in federal elections. However, election fraud, including noncitizens voting, is exceptionally rare.
"Trump's executive order is unlawful," Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold said in a statement. "It would prevent eligible Americans from exercising their sacred right to vote. The Trump administration is weaponizing the federal government and trying to make it harder for voters to fight back at the ballot box."

"This is not a statute," Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes told Democracy Docket. "This is an edict by fiat from the executive branch, and so every piece of it can be challenged through the regular judicial process."
 
I thought states ran elections.

You must have missed the discussion about 45 days ago about tying California wildfire relief to state voting laws there.

I’m sure the same thing will occur in Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida for hurricane relief.

Small government and local decision-making being as it is.
 
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I need one of the board lunatics, or a sober Republican like BiNZ or Aardvark to reassure us all that this is normal, and it won’t happen because of checks and balances, Trump isn’t going to try and run again, and our democracy is safe.
 
I need one of the board lunatics, or a sober Republican like BiNZ or Aardvark to reassure us all that this is normal, and it won’t happen because of checks and balances, Trump isn’t going to try and run again, and our democracy is safe.
It is pretty neat that in the last week we've had Bannon tell us that the Trump Team is planning on running again in 2028 and now Trump wants to do a complete makeover of our voting process.

Very fun and neat times we're currently living in.
 
I need one of the board lunatics, or a sober Republican like BiNZ or Aardvark to reassure us all that this is normal, and it won’t happen because of checks and balances, Trump isn’t going to try and run again, and our democracy is safe.
They will never ever admit they have been full of shit, or apologize for it. Idiots. Bins. @FAUlty Gator They should be embarrassed.
 
They will never ever admit they have been full of shit, or apologize for it. Idiots. Bins. @FAUlty Gator They should be embarrassed.
Yeah. It’s me who should be embarrassed. Here we are and democracy is still in tact. And you fvcking wackadoodles have been screaming about “the end of the democracy” since Bush 1. Skipping all of the Dem presidents of course.

To this point you have a worse record than a broken clock. You’ve yet to be correct about anything. But keep on putting my name in your bitch ass mouth. Gives you something to do.
 
So I hope the non-maga types who have been thinking those of us who keep saying "if" we have free and fair elections in 26 and 28 were being overblown and hysterical are learning some lessons from the first months of the Trump 2 administration.

We're probably moving to where they will try to stay in power by force and arrest members of the "opposition". Bondi has already "warned" Jasmine Crockett.

It did happen here.
 
So I hope the non-maga types who have been thinking those of us who keep saying "if" we have free and fair elections in 26 and 28 were being overblown and hysterical are learning some lessons from the first months of the Trump 2 administration.

We're probably moving to where they will try to stay in power by force and arrest members of the "opposition". Bondi has already "warned" Jasmine Crockett.

It did happen here.
Yup.
 
Yeah. It’s me who should be embarrassed. Here we are and democracy is still in tact. And you fvcking wackadoodles have been screaming about “the end of the democracy” since Bush 1. Skipping all of the Dem presidents of course.

To this point you have a worse record than a broken clock. You’ve yet to be correct about anything. But keep on putting my name in your bitch ass mouth. Gives you something to do.
And just make shit up to try and justify themselves.

How about you look at the current state of play in 2025 Mr Closet Maga?
 
The executive branch trying to wrest control of elections from the state, as very clearly dictated in the US Constitution, is not fascism in your opinion?

Because it’s pretty black and white textbook fascism.
So wrestling control from the states is fascist?

What are your feelings about the John Lewis voting rights act?
 
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