Trump announces new executive order requiring voter ID cards in elections

president Donald Trump He said he plans to sign an executive order that calls for voter ID in elections across the country.

Trump issued a statement late Saturday night on social media saying he is also seeking other moves to reform the U.S. election.

“Voter ID card must be part of every vote. No exception! I will execute executive orders!! There is no mail-in voting, except those who are very sick and distant army. Only use paper tickets!” Trump wrote about Truth Social.

Trump has previously tried to impose voter IDs in a broader campaign for election integrity through executive orders earlier this year.

Trump’s executive order is blocked by legal setbacks blocked by federal judges

In April, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the District Court of the U.S. District of Columbia shot down parts of the order related to voter identification requirements.

Republican lawmakers believe that the voter registration bill for citizenship is “common sense”

Kollar-Kotelly insists that Trump has no right to issue such orders, e.g. constitution Delegate control of election regulations to Congress and states.

“Consistent with the distribution of power, Congress is currently debating legislation, which will affect many changes ordered by the president,” wrote Kollar-Kotelly, Clinton-appointed, under her order. “There is no delegation of authority authorized to the executive branch to allow the president to short-circuit the deliberations of the General Assembly as per the executive order.”

However, voters are required to provide Certificate of citizenship According to a poll conducted by Gallup before the 2024 election, it remains popular among Americans.

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Polls found that 84% of adults in the United States favor requiring voters to show proof of identity, while 83% support the need for proof of citizenship when they first register.

A voter voted on March 5, 2024 at a polling station at the U.S. Legion Post in Hawthorne, California. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)

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When broken down through partisans, 67% of Democrats, 84% of Independents and 98% of Republicans agree Require voter ID. The parties have similar decomposition of proof of citizenship, with 66% of Democrats, 84% of independents and 96% of Republicans supporting the idea.

Fox News’s Rachel Wolf contributes to the report