A person leaves a mail-in ballot in Doylestown, Pennsylvania on October 15, 2024.
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President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order banning mail-in voting on Tuesday, the White House said.
White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt X said the President will sign the order at the White House on Tuesday evening. His statement confirmed earlier reporting Daily CalleR, which said Trump would sign the order.
According to the Daily Caller, the executive order will require the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to compile a list of verified US citizens in each state who are eligible to vote. DHS will pursue efforts with the Social Security Administration, the Daily Caller wrote, citing a White House fact sheet.
According to the Daily Caller, the order would require the U.S. Postal Service to send mail-in ballots only to voters on the list. Election officials in each state typically send mail ballots to voters, not the Postal Service.
Trump has long sought to restrict mail-in voting after his loss to former President Joe Biden in the 2020 election. He has repeatedly claimed, without providing evidence, that the election was stolen from him due to fraud in mail-in voting.
The order comes after months of pressure on Congress to pass the Save America Act, a measure that would require voters to provide photo identification and proof of U.S. citizenship to vote. The US House voted to approve the measure in February and the Senate debated it this month without voting.
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