"The Republican wing of Congress in the Senate has made it abundantly clear that despite President Donald Trump's public tantrums on the subject, it simply doesn't have the votes necessary to pass his cherished voter disenfranchisement bill, the SAVE Act."
"Trump is now attempting to simply recreate the effect of the bill through his favored method: Legislation in the form of executive order."
"Two things can be true at once: This is simultaneously a nightmarishly totalitarian attempted power grab over U.S. elections by Trump and the executive branch, and it's also mostly political theater."
"The states are instead granted broad authority over the 'time, place and manner' in which elections occur, and the Constitution likewise empowers Congress to pass laws regulating elections."
The Senate Republican majority cannot pass the SAVE America Act due to insufficient votes and reluctance to eliminate the filibuster. Trump is attempting to achieve similar goals through executive orders, including federalizing state election processes and creating a national voter eligibility list. This move is seen as both a power grab and political theater against mail-in voting. Previous attempts by Trump to control voting through executive orders have been blocked by federal judges, emphasizing that election authority lies with the states and Congress.
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