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Registered voters in Pennsylvania can vote “On Demand” by requesting, a mail-in or absentee ballot filing it out and dropping it off all in one visit to their county election office or other designated location. (Photo by Hannah Beier\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"71.276890459364\"><body readability=\"143.75970538591\"><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump issued an executive order Tuesday that threatens states with the loss of federal election grants unless they comply with a broad list of requirements concerning the administration of elections.<\/p>\n<p>The order makes numerous inaccurate and misleading claims about American elections, many of which mirror older allegations that Trump made regularly on the campaign trail. Those include claims that voter rolls are riddled with non-citizens registered to vote in federal elections, something that state and local election officials, experts, courts and numerous post-election audits have repeatedly debunked.<\/p>\n<p>The order would put federal agencies \u2014 including the Election Assistance Commission, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice \u2014 in charge of vetting and verifying state claims around proof of citizenship and non-citizen voting.<\/p>\n<p>The order specifically directs the EAC to update federal voting forms to require \u201cdocumentary proof\u201d of citizenship. This includes a U.S. passport, REAL IDs, military IDs, and any federal or state identification that explicitly affirms U.S. citizenship. The order then directs the EAC \u2014 an independent agency established by Congress in 2002 \u2014 \u201cto take all appropriate action to cease providing Federal funds to States\u201d that do not accept and use the new national forms. It would also explicitly empower the DOGE administrator, along with DHS, to \u201creview\u201d state voter registration lists and other records to identify non-citizen voters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The order also aims to require the EAC to revise the voluntary voting system guidelines used by states. Additionally, it mandates that all voting machines be recertified to comply with these new new standards six months after they are put in place. <\/p>\n<p>Like a voter fraud commission that was established by Trump in 2017, the order seeks to acquire detailed state and local data about their residents and voters to cross reference with federal databases. States <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2017\/7\/5\/15921806\/trump-voter-fraud-commission-states\">almost uniformly rejected<\/a> those requests the first time around.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will go a long way toward ending\u201d election fraud, Trump said during Tuesday\u2019s signing ceremony, adding that \u201cthere are other steps that we will be taking in the coming weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The executive order claims that America\u2019s \u201cpatchwork of voting methods\u201d lead to \u201cbasic chain of custody\u201d issues with voting, compared to countries like Germany and Canada, where elections \u201crequire use of paper ballots, [and are] counted in public by local officials.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While U.S. elections, which are run primarily at the local and state level, are indeed a patchwork system, former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/washington-post-live\/2024\/10\/30\/transcript-election-2024-stakes\/\">told The Washington Post last year<\/a> that more than 97% of registered voters \u201cwill cast their ballots in jurisdictions where they will get a paper record that they themselves can verify.\u201d Additionally, many election jurisdictions across the country conduct public audits of their elections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Further, numerous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/06\/11\/nx-s1-4991903\/voter-registration-proof-of-citizenship-requirement\">studies<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/our-work\/analysis-opinion\/damage-conspiracy-theories-about-noncitizen-voting\">investigations<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/alabamareflector.com\/2024\/10\/24\/georgia-gop-secretary-of-state-audit-found-20-noncitizens-registered-to-vote-out-of-8-2m\/\">audits<\/a> have shown that while non-citizen voting is vanishingly rare, there are millions of eligible American voters who lack the specific forms of identification outlined in the executive order.<\/p>\n<p>David Becker, executive director for the Center for Election Innovation and Research, told CyberScoop that the order suggests funding provided under the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) \u2014 which was passed by Congress to help states upgrade their voting and election technologies \u2014 could be withheld from states that do not comply with Trump\u2019s order.<\/p>\n<p>But Becker emphasized that HAVA grants, along with a population-based formula for calculating the amount each state gets, is \u201censhrined in law and passed by Congress in a bipartisan act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>HAVA \u201cdoes not place conditions on those grants, and Congress holds the purse strings exclusively here under the Constitution, not based on whether the president likes the state,\u201d Beckner said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A near-certain constitutional challenge<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The order will almost certainly be challenged on constitutional grounds.<\/p>\n<p> The U.S. Constitution explicitly grants states the responsibility to determine the \u201ctimes, places and manner\u201d of federal elections, though it also gives Congress the right to make laws or alter state election rules.<\/p>\n<p>Marc Elias, a Democratic lawyer with a history of legal wins on election-related litigation, described the order as \u201cmassive voter suppression\u201d and threatened legal action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will not stand. We will sue,\u201d Elias <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/marcelias.bsky.social\/post\/3ll7yj4axl22p\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Elias\u2019 law firm did not immediately respond to a request for further details on the potential lawsuit or its claims.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jamal Greene, a law professor at Columbia University, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/jamalgreene.bsky.social\/post\/3lla5hbudkk2m\">said<\/a> the executive branch \u201cdoes not have the constitutional or statutory authority to dictate the content of voter registration forms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rick Hasen, a law professor at UCLA who specializes in election law, said that HAVA, which led to the creation of the EAC, charges the commission with handing out federal grants for election upgrades and certifying election equipment. It does not give the president or the commission the authority to direct or enforce state ID requirements for voters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf a President can control the EAC, it could direct the agency to do all kinds of things that could benefit the President\u2019s party,\u201d Hasen <a href=\"https:\/\/electionlawblog.org\/?p=149153\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cIt would flout the bipartisan, balanced approach of the EAC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson from the National Association of Secretaries of State told CyberScoop the organization is reviewing the executive order and has shared it with members, but referred requests for comment or reaction to individual states.<\/p>\n<p>Becker also highlighted the possibility that changes made to the voluntary voting system guidelines used by states on such a short timeline could lead to mass decertification of voting machines that would require \u201ctens of billions of dollars\u201d in emergency voting and equipment replacements by the state. <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cYou could see technology decertified all across the nation and because of the current timing, we\u2019re literally talking about this occurring a year before a major federal election,\u201d Becker said. \u201cWhich begs the question: why? Why is [Trump] not going through Congress? Why is he not going to states for this discussion?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Becker then added: \u201cIt could be the White House intends to create chaos around our elections in the coming year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"3.5188509874327\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"13\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/trump-issues-executive-order-seeking-greater-federal-control-of-elections-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Derek B. Johnson\"> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by Derek B. Johnson<\/h4>\n<p> Derek B. Johnson is a reporter at CyberScoop, where his beat includes cybersecurity, elections and the federal government. 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