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(Image by Anna Moneymaker via 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=\"58.278917910448\"><body readability=\"117.48317471108\"><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump signed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2026\/03\/ensuring-citizenship-verification-and-integrity-in-federal-elections\/\">executive order<\/a> Tuesday that purports to limit mail-in voting, though critics say the move will almost certainly be challenged in court on constitutional grounds.<\/p>\n<p>The order instructs the Homeland Security secretary, the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigrations Services and the commissioner of the Social Security Administration to compile lists of American voters for each state, including their supposed citizenship status.<\/p>\n<p>To build the lists, the agencies would rely on the controversial Systemic Alien Verification for Entitlements database <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/voter-citizenship-verification-trump-save-database\/\">that DHS has been building<\/a> under the Trump administration, as well as Social Security and federal citizenship and naturalization records.<\/p>\n<p>Those lists would then be transmitted to states, most of which have already rejected previous Trump administration efforts to collect voter data or dictate voter registration lists. The White House order instructs the Department of Justice to prioritize the investigation and prosecution of state and local officials or any others involved in the administration of federal elections who issue federal ballots to individuals not eligible to vote in a federal election. <\/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 directs the postmaster general to issue new proposed regulations that require mail-in ballots to be mailed in special envelopes that include barcodes for tracking. Crucially, it asks states ahead of time whether they intend to submit a list of voters eligible to vote by mail, and attempts to assert the authority to deny sending ballots to states that do not participate. It also claims the attorney general is entitled to withhold federal funding from noncompliant states.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/trump-election-executive-order-sparks-backlash-from-critics\/\">previous efforts<\/a> to aggressively assert executive branch authority over elections have been <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/elections-white-house-executive-order-court-proof-of-citizenship-requirements\/\">rebuffed by courts<\/a>, with judges noting the U.S. Constitution explicitly empowers states and Congress to set the time, manner and place for elections. <\/p>\n<p>The order justifies White House involvement by claiming it has \u201can unavoidable duty\u201d under Article II of the Constitution to maintain confidence in election outcomes by preventing violations of criminal law. But numerous post-election audits, investigations and recounts have consistently confirmed over decades that criminal non-citizen voting is infinitesimally rare in U.S. elections, and for the small number that did, most turn out to be accidents or decades-old administrative errors.<\/p>\n<p>Criticism from election officials, experts and Democrats in Congress was swift.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, who has resisted demands by the DOJ to hand over state voter data, predicted the order \u201cwill meet the same fate\u201d as previous executive orders in being struck down by courts. Other secretaries of state have issued similar statements rejecting the order\u2019s constitutionality. <\/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>\u201cOur office has helped stop his actions before and we are now exploring our legal options to stop this new order from taking effect,\u201d Simon said in a statement to CyberScoop.<\/p>\n<p>He also stumped for mail-in voting, calling it a secure, trustworthy and convenient way for citizens to exercise their rights to vote. Local election officials \u201ctrack every ballot\u201d sent by mail and have a range of checks and safeguards to ensure they\u2019re sent to only eligible voters and that voters can only cast one ballot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbsentee voters who choose to vote by mail must provide a matching ID number, sign their signature envelope, and have a witness sign their ballot envelope before returning their ballot,\u201d Simon said. \u201cAll of that information is tracked digitally by election administrators. Voters are able to track the status of their ballot using our online ballot tracker tool. Any attempt to register or cast a ballot while ineligible is referred for investigation and potential prosecution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., called the order a \u201cblatant, unconstitutional abuse of power\u201d and said he expected \u201cimmediate\u201d lawsuits challenging its legality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President and the Department of Homeland Security have no authority to commandeer federal elections or direct the independent Postal Service to undermine mail and absentee voting that nearly 50 million Americans relied on in 2024,\u201d Padilla said in a statement. \u201cA decade of lies about election fraud does not change the Constitution.\u201d<\/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>David Becker, executive director for the Center for Election Innovation and Research, said the administration\u2019s latest mandates are so far outside the constitutional limits of the executive branch they will almost certainly be halted through lawsuits. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome may freak out about this, but honestly, this is hilarious,\u201d Becker wrote on Bluesky. \u201cIt\u2019s clearly unconstitutional, will be blocked immediately, and the only thing it will accomplish is to make liberal lawyers wealthier. He might as well sign an EO banning gravity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, while lower courts have consistently struck down previous orders and lawsuits from the White House, election experts have expressed concerns that the Supreme Court\u2019s conservative majority \u2014 which has clashed with lower courts over the Trump administration\u2019s constitutional authority \u2014 appeared receptive to the administration\u2019s position in a recent oral argument.<\/p>\n<p>Alexandra Chandler, director of the Free and Fair Elections program at nonprofit Protect Democracy, said in a statement that the White House order \u201cis more like an attempted executive override\u201d of state authority over elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeant to solve for a problem that exists only in the false rhetoric of the Trump administration and its political fortunes, the [order] is a classic example of their playbook to deceive the American people and disrupt the election process in order to deny any future results that don\u2019t suit them,\u201d Chandler said.<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"3.5831809872029\">\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\/2026\/03\/white-house-executive-order-purports-to-limit-mail-in-voting-mandate-federal-voter-lists-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Derek B. 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Bryan Steil (R-WI) speaks during a House Rules Committee meeting on February 10, 2026 in Washington, DC. The House Rules Committee is meeting to consider amendments recently introduced into the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, also known as the SAVE Act. This proposed law would amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require \u201cdocumentary proof of United States citizenship\u201d to register to vote. (Photo by Samuel Corum\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<header class=\"post-item__meta\" readability=\"2.0963855421687\">\n<h3 class=\"post-item__title\"> <a class=\"post-item__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/republicans-propose-save-america-act-mega-act-election-laws\/\"> GOP Congress moves to shape election law in Trump\u2019s image <\/a> <\/h3>\n<p> The MEGA Act and SAVE Act would dramatically transform U.S. election laws in a quest to curb election fraud. Audits and experts say improprieties are extremely rare. <\/p>\n<div class=\"post-item__byline\"> <span class=\"post-item__author\"> <span>By <\/span> <a class=\"post-item__author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/author\/derek-johnson\/\"> Derek B. Johnson <\/a> <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <\/header>\n<p> <\/article>\n<article class=\"post-item post-item--popular-stories-cards \">\n<figure class=\"post-item__thumbnail\"> <a class=\"post-item__thumbnail-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/fulton-county-election-raid-trump-administration-backlash\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"252\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/white-house-executive-order-purports-to-limit-mail-in-voting-mandate-federal-voter-lists-3.jpg?resize=252%2C168&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-ratio-16-9-sm size-ratio-16-9-sm wp-post-image\" alt decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/white-house-executive-order-purports-to-limit-mail-in-voting-mandate-federal-voter-lists-7.jpg 6000w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/white-house-executive-order-purports-to-limit-mail-in-voting-mandate-federal-voter-lists-7.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/white-house-executive-order-purports-to-limit-mail-in-voting-mandate-federal-voter-lists-7.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/white-house-executive-order-purports-to-limit-mail-in-voting-mandate-federal-voter-lists-7.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/white-house-executive-order-purports-to-limit-mail-in-voting-mandate-federal-voter-lists-7.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/white-house-executive-order-purports-to-limit-mail-in-voting-mandate-federal-voter-lists-7.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/white-house-executive-order-purports-to-limit-mail-in-voting-mandate-federal-voter-lists-7.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/white-house-executive-order-purports-to-limit-mail-in-voting-mandate-federal-voter-lists-7.jpg?resize=252,168 252w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/white-house-executive-order-purports-to-limit-mail-in-voting-mandate-federal-voter-lists-7.jpg?resize=506,337 506w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/white-house-executive-order-purports-to-limit-mail-in-voting-mandate-federal-voter-lists-7.jpg?resize=1013,675 1013w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/white-house-executive-order-purports-to-limit-mail-in-voting-mandate-federal-voter-lists-7.jpg?resize=1265,843 1265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\"> <\/a><figcaption class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Ballots arrive at the Fulton County Elections Hub and Operation Center on election night on November 5, 2024 in Fairburn, Georgia. The FBI carried out a raid on the Fulton County election offices (Photo by Megan Varner\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<header class=\"post-item__meta\">\n<h3 class=\"post-item__title\"> <a class=\"post-item__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/fulton-county-election-raid-trump-administration-backlash\/\"> Lawmakers, election officials blast Trump administration after Fulton County raid <\/a> <\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-item__byline\"> <span class=\"post-item__author\"> <span>By <\/span> <a class=\"post-item__author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/author\/derek-johnson\/\"> Derek B. Johnson <\/a> <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <\/header>\n<p> <\/article>\n<article class=\"post-item post-item--popular-stories-cards \">\n<figure class=\"post-item__thumbnail\"> <a class=\"post-item__thumbnail-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/federal-court-dismisses-trump-doj-lawsuit-seeking-california-voter-data\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"224\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/white-house-executive-order-purports-to-limit-mail-in-voting-mandate-federal-voter-lists-4.jpg?resize=224%2C168&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-ratio-16-9-sm size-ratio-16-9-sm wp-post-image\" alt decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/white-house-executive-order-purports-to-limit-mail-in-voting-mandate-federal-voter-lists-8.jpg 7912w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/white-house-executive-order-purports-to-limit-mail-in-voting-mandate-federal-voter-lists-8.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/white-house-executive-order-purports-to-limit-mail-in-voting-mandate-federal-voter-lists-8.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/white-house-executive-order-purports-to-limit-mail-in-voting-mandate-federal-voter-lists-8.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/white-house-executive-order-purports-to-limit-mail-in-voting-mandate-federal-voter-lists-8.jpg?resize=1536,1152 1536w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/white-house-executive-order-purports-to-limit-mail-in-voting-mandate-federal-voter-lists-8.jpg?resize=2048,1536 2048w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/white-house-executive-order-purports-to-limit-mail-in-voting-mandate-federal-voter-lists-8.jpg?resize=600,450 600w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/white-house-executive-order-purports-to-limit-mail-in-voting-mandate-federal-voter-lists-8.jpg?resize=224,168 224w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/white-house-executive-order-purports-to-limit-mail-in-voting-mandate-federal-voter-lists-8.jpg?resize=449,337 449w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/white-house-executive-order-purports-to-limit-mail-in-voting-mandate-federal-voter-lists-8.jpg?resize=900,675 900w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/white-house-executive-order-purports-to-limit-mail-in-voting-mandate-federal-voter-lists-8.jpg?resize=1124,843 1124w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\"> <\/a><figcaption class=\"screen-reader-text\"> DEK: In a scathing opinion, Judge David Carter called the federal government\u2019s demands for unredacted voter data \u201cunprecedented and illegal.\u201d (Photo by George Rose\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<header class=\"post-item__meta\">\n<h3 class=\"post-item__title\"> <a class=\"post-item__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/federal-court-dismisses-trump-doj-lawsuit-seeking-california-voter-data\/\"> Federal court dismisses Trump DOJ lawsuit seeking California voter data <\/a> <\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-item__byline\"> <span class=\"post-item__author\"> <span>By <\/span> <a class=\"post-item__author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/author\/derek-johnson\/\"> Derek B. 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