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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/us/politics/trump-voter-id-executive- order.html

President Trump said late Saturday that he would issue an executive order
to require voter identification for all U.S. elections, a continuation of
his efforts to overhaul the nation’s election laws, which he has long
attacked and falsely blamed for his 2020 election loss.

In a post on Truth Social, Mr. Trump said, “Voter I.D. Must Be Part of
Every Single Vote. NO EXCEPTIONS! I Will Be Doing An Executive Order To
That End!!!” He did not provide further details about the order.

He also reiterated his intention to restrict mail-in voting except for
those who are very ill or serving far away in the military, as well as his opposition to voting machines.

The announcement signals Mr. Trump’s latest effort to influence election
laws using an executive order, something that he has dubious authority to
do. The Constitution gives the president no explicit authority to regulate elections. Rather, it gives states the power to decide the rules of
elections, oversee voting and try to prevent fraud. It gives Congress the ability to override state laws on voting. Any executive order from the president regarding elections is likely to see immediate legal challenges.

Mr. Trump and his allies have started a wide-ranging effort to gain any
advance they can ahead of midterm elections, which are set for November
2026.

Earlier this month, Mr. Trump said that a team of lawyers were preparing
an executive order to end all mail-in ballots and wrote on social media
that the executive order would “help bring HONESTY to the 2026 Midterm Elections.” He has long opposed mail-in voting and falsely claimed it was
a source of fraud after he lost the 2020 presidential election to Joseph
R. Biden Jr.

In March, Mr. Trump signed an executive order seeking to require people to
show government-issued proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in
federal elections. The order was swiftly challenged in court, and a
federal judge blocked the vast majority of the order in June.

The judge, Denise J. Casper of the Federal District Court for the District
of Massachusetts, sided with states that had sued to stop the
requirements, writing in her judgment that the states were likely to
succeed in showing that the order exceeded Mr. Trump’s authority and
risked disenfranchising some of the electorate. Judge Casper was appointed
by President Obama.


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