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riversedge

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Mon Sep 1, 2025, 10:24 AM Sep 1

Trump says he will sign executive order mandating voter ID requirement [View all]




Trump says he will sign executive order mandating voter ID requirement

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/31/donald-trump-voter-identification-executive-order/85923864007/?taid=68b5a3679bc307000130b90a&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter


USA update August 31, 2025 8:56 pm ET

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"Voter I.D. Must Be Part of Every Single Vote. NO EXCEPTIONS! I Will Be Doing An Executive Order To That End!!!," Trump said on Truth Social on Aug. 30. "Also, No Mail-In Voting, Except For Those That Are Very Ill, And The Far Away Military."

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In March, Trump signed an executive order to overhaul how elections are conducted across the nation, including establishing new voter identification requirements to prove U.S. citizenship to vote in federal elections. Non-U.S. citizens are already not allowed to vote in federal elections.

But under the order, the national mail voter registration form will require that applicants provide either a U.S. passport, a REAL ID driver's license or state-issued card compliant with REAL standards, or a "valid Federal or State government-issued photo identification."......................

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