(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump mentioned on Saturday that he’ll situation an government order to require voter identification from each voter.
“Voter I.D. Should Be A part of Each Single Vote. NO EXCEPTIONS! I Will Be Doing An Govt Order To That Finish!!!,” Trump mentioned on Fact Social.
“Additionally, No Mail-In Voting, Besides For These That Are Very Unwell, And The Far Away Army,” he added.
Trump has lengthy questioned the U.S. electoral system and continues to falsely declare that his 2020 loss to Democratic President Joe Biden was the results of widespread fraud. The president and his Republican allies even have made baseless claims about widespread voting by non-citizens, which is unlawful and infrequently happens.
For years, he has additionally known as for the tip of digital voting machines, pushing as an alternative for using paper ballots and hand counts – a course of that election officers say is time-consuming, expensive and much much less correct than machine counting.
Earlier in August, Trump pledged to situation an government order to finish using mail-in ballots and voting machines forward of the 2026 midterm elections. Nevertheless, federal elections are administered on the state degree and it’s unclear whether or not the president has the constitutional energy to enact such a measure.
The Nov. 3, 2026, elections would be the first nationwide referendum on Trump’s home and overseas insurance policies since he returned to energy in January. Democrats can be searching for to interrupt the Republicans’ grip on each the Home of Representatives and the Senate to dam Trump’s home agenda.
(Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Ottawa; Modifying by Jamie Freed and Michael Perry)
