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**Trump Announces Executive Order to Mandate Voter ID, Restrict Mail-In Voting**
**[City, State] – [Date]** – President Donald Trump announced Saturday his intention to sign an executive order mandating voter identification for all voters and severely restricting mail-in voting, citing unsubstantiated claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election.
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump declared, “Voter I.D. Must Be Part of Every Single Vote. NO EXCEPTIONS! I Will Be Doing An Executive Order To That End!!! Also, No Mail-In Voting, Except For Those That Are Very Ill, And The Far Away Military.”
This move comes as Trump continues to push for an overhaul of the U.S. electoral system, based on false claims that his 2020 loss to President Joe Biden was due to widespread voter fraud. He and his Republican allies have also repeatedly made baseless assertions about non-citizens voting, despite evidence showing this is rare and illegal.
The president has long advocated for the elimination of electronic voting machines in favor of paper ballots and hand counts. Election officials, however, contend that this approach is less accurate, more costly, and time-consuming than using voting machines.
In March, Trump signed a previous executive order mandating documentary proof of citizenship for voting in federal elections and requiring all ballots to be received by Election Day. However, a judge later blocked parts of that order, citing the U.S. Constitution, which grants the power to regulate federal elections to states and Congress.
Trump has also vowed to issue an executive order to end the use of mail-in ballots and voting machines ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The 2026 elections will be seen as a referendum on Trump’s domestic and foreign policies since his return to power. Democrats will be seeking to regain control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate to challenge Trump’s domestic agenda.
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