by Jessica Corbett | Apr 1, 2026 | Article, elections, Politics and Movements: US, Reprint, Trump, Voting Rights
This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on Mar. 31, 2026. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license.
Just days after the GOP-controlled Senate skipped town once they failed to send a voter suppression bill to President Donald Trump’s desk, the Republican on Tuesday signed an executive order to create a nationwide list of US voters and crack down on voting by mail—which is how he voted in Florida’s most recent election.
The order, Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections, was first reported by the Daily Caller, a right-wing outlet. It requires the secretary of homeland security to establish a “citizenship list” of verified eligible voters in each state, using Social Security Administration records and other federal databases.
Trump—who has repeatedly spread lies about election fraud, including his unfounded claim that Democrats stole the 2020 election from him, which led to his supporters storming the Capitol on January 6, 2021—also directed the postmaster general to craft rules for absentee ballots sent through the US Postal Service.
Legal experts expect the order will be swiftly challenged in court as unconstitutional. David Becker, a former US Department of Justice lawyer who now leads the Center for Election Innovation and Research, told Democracy Docket that “it’s obvious the president didn’t learn anything from his first failed executive order.”
“This is unconstitutional on its face. The Constitution clearly gives the president no power over elections,” he said. “I expect that this will be blocked by multiple federal courts in a very short period of time and have no legal effect whatsoever.”
Becker also noted that “after the Department of Justice has been telling courts they’re not creating a national voter list, this appears to confirm exactly what courts were concerned about.”
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by Nathaniel Rakich | Apr 1, 2026 | 2026 election, ballots, Constitution, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Donald Trump, elections, Mail-In Ballot, Mail-in Voting, midterms, News, Postal Service, Save America Act, United States Postal Service, USPS, Voting
President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued a second executive order on elections, this one giving the U.S. Postal Service unprecedented oversight over who is voting by mail, a move experts and state election officials said will quickly draw legal challenges. The order, titled “Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections,” says that states can send the U.S.
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by Jessica Huseman | Mar 25, 2026 | Arizona, Citizenship, Donald Trump, elections, Florida, Iowa, Mississippi, News, Republicans, SAVE Act, Save America Act, South Dakota, Utah, Voter Suppression, Voting
A signature piece of voting legislation championed by President Donald Trump may not have much of a future in the U.S. Senate, but in Florida, the future is here. Earlier this month, Republican lawmakers in Trump’s home state approved a sweeping overhaul of the state’s voter registration system, one that mirrors the core idea behind the federal SAVE America Act: requiring proof of citizenship…
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by Amy Goodman | Mar 25, 2026 | 2020 Election, 2026 election, 2026 midterms, airports, Birthright Citizenship, cuba, Delia Ramirez, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Election Day, elections, ICE, Interview, Kristi Noem, Markwayne Mullin, Supreme Court, TSA
Markwayne Mullin was sworn in Tuesday as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, replacing Kristi Noem, who was ousted earlier this month. Mullin has served as senator for Oklahoma since 2023 following a decade in the House of Representatives. He joins the Trump administration amid a partial government shutdown, with Democrats demanding reforms to immigration enforcement before fully…
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by Brandon Tensley | Mar 25, 2026 | Birth Certificates, Black Americans, black voters, elections, News, Racism, Save America Act, Segregation, Voter ID, Voter Suppression, Voting, Voting Rights
When Courtney Patterson was born on his family’s farm in Lenoir County, North Carolina, 80 years ago, he was fortunate that a country doctor recorded his birth, ensuring that he would have a document later. “But many other people who grew up with me didn’t even have that,” Patterson recalled. Babies were usually delivered at home by midwives who were illiterate. On the rare occasions a doctor…
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by Chris Walker | Mar 24, 2026 | 2020 Election, absentee voting, Donald Trump, elections, Mail-in Voting, News, Trump election fraud claims, Voting
President Donald Trump utilized mail-in voting for a special election in Florida this week, despite years of falsely claiming that the method is rife with fraud and shouldn’t be trusted. Voting records from Palm Beach County, Florida, indicate that Trump voted by mail for the election taking place on Tuesday. Mail-in ballots were due by this Sunday, meaning Trump cast his ballot sometime…
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