Quote:Less clear is whether states would be required to adopt the federal form. States typically produce their own voter registration forms, and voters are free to use either to register in federal elections.
Only citizens can vote in federal elections, but most states do not require voters to provide proof of citizenship. Instead, voters must sign statements swearing they are citizens. Noncitizens who sign such statements can be charged with crimes and deported.
The order allows voters to use passports or certain driver’s licenses to prove citizenship, but not birth certificates. Separately, it also attempts to bar states from counting mail ballots that officials receive after Election Day. Last year, 18 states allowed mail ballots that arrived later so long as they were postmarked by Election Day.
Trump specified that he would withhold federal election funding from states that do not comply with the raft of directives included in his order.
Trump signs executive order requiring proof of citizenship in federal elections
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