Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections
Requires Citizenship Proof, Tightens Mail-In Ballot Rules for Federal Elections
What it does
Agencies must verify citizenship for federal voter registration, enforce Election Day receipt deadlines, strengthen voting-system standards, and prioritize election-crime prosecutions.
Real-world impact
- Requires documentary proof of citizenship for national mail voter registration.
- Conditions federal election funding on states meeting ballot receipt deadlines.
- Changes voting-system rules to require voter-verifiable paper records.
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Summary
This order requires documentary proof of United States citizenship on national mail voter registration forms and directs federal agencies to help States verify voter eligibility. It also enforces that ballots be both cast and received by the uniform Election Day and limits counting late-arriving mail ballots, while prioritizing prosecution of election-related crimes.
State and local election officials, federal law enforcement, and agencies that oversee voting systems must adopt new verification, auditing, and voting-machine standards to prevent non-citizen voting, reduce errors or fraud, and restore public trust in federal elections.
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