"the White House released the text of a sprawling executive order allegedly designed to ensure the integrity of U.S. elections. It demanded that states share their voter rolls with federal officials; mandated onerous proof-of-citizenship rules for people registering to vote (rules which didn't include drivers' licenses as valid forms of ID for this purpose); threatened local and state officials who didn't cooperate with this power grab with legal sanctions; and ostensibly outlawed the counting of any mail-in ballots received after Election Day."
"More recently, the White House announced it would soon be delivering another executive order going after mail-in voting more generally, and, in particular, that it would be targeting California's voting system which, it alleged without evidence, was rife with fraud. In the wake of lawsuits filed by Democratic-led states, the District of Columbia, and the League of United Latin American Citizens, courts have issued preliminary injunctions against the bulk of the provisions in Trump's executive order from March."
"Yet even if many of Trump's efforts to curtail voting end up stalled in the courts, the practical effect is one of intimidation: He is marshalling the full force of the U.S. government and all of the resources of the Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS) to craft a narrative that elections that don't favor Republicans are inherently suspect."
The White House issued an expansive executive order requiring states to share voter rolls, imposing proof-of-citizenship rules that excluded driver's licenses, threatening sanctions for noncompliance, and barring counting of mail ballots received after Election Day. A subsequent order targeted mail-in voting and specifically alleged, without evidence, widespread fraud in California's system. Lawsuits from Democratic-led states, D.C., and civil-rights groups prompted courts to block most March provisions. States such as California have vowed to litigate new restrictions. The administration has mobilized DOJ and DHS resources in ways that produce an intimidating narrative about elections unfavorable to Republicans.
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