US President Trump wants to make profound changes to electoral law in the US. He has instructed several federal agencies to take measures aimed at restricting mail-in voting and monitoring elections.
US President Donald Trump is seeking to tighten the rules for US elections with a new executive order. According to the executive order, anyone who wants to register to vote in federal elections will have to prove their US citizenship through documents in the future. Also, votes sent by mail must reach the authorities by Election Day. The US has failed to "implement basic and necessary measures for elections," Trump's executive order states.
Federal states are required to cooperate with federal authorities to exchange voter lists and prosecute election crimes.
The US president cannot directly force federal states to change their election laws. To implement his plans, Trump plans to exert financial pressure: certain federal funds will be sent only to states that comply with the decree and implement it.
Lawsuit by civil rights activists
After signing the bill, Trump announced that he would take further steps regarding US election law in the coming weeks. Trump's decree is expected to be challenged in court by election law organizations. They argue that about nine percent of American citizens of voting age, or about 21.3 million people, do not have proof of their citizenship.
Married women who have changed their last names may also have trouble registering because their birth certificates show their maiden names. This was recently made apparent in the New Hampshire election.
Trump has repeatedly criticized that elections are rigged, especially after his loss to Joe Biden in 2020. Trump has been particularly critical of mail-in voting, claiming without evidence that it is unsafe and opens the way to fraud./ DW (A2 Televizion)
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