President Trump has issued an executive order aimed at strengthening election integrity, featuring several key measures:
Mandates that voter registration forms include government-issued documentation verifying U.S. citizenship.
Ties the allocation of federal election funding to states’ adherence to integrity standards established under federal law.
Orders updates to the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines 2.0 and security protocols for voting machines, emphasizing the need for a paper ballot record that voters can verify and prohibiting the use of ballots where votes are encoded in barcodes or QR codes.
Instructs the Attorney General to collaborate with state election authorities through data-sharing agreements to detect instances of election fraud or breaches of election laws.
Implements measures against states that tally ballots received after the designated Election Day for federal elections.
Cancels Biden’s Executive Order 14019, which had repurposed federal agencies to boost voter participation efforts aligned with Democratic goals.
Mandates that voter registration forms include government-issued documentation verifying U.S. citizenship.