WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump stated Saturday he’ll challenge an govt order requiring voter identification for all elections, vowing “no exceptions” as he additionally known as for restrictions on mail-in ballots and digital voting machines.
“Voter I.D. should be a part of each single vote. NO EXCEPTIONS!” Trump wrote on his Reality Social platform. “I can be doing an govt order to that finish!”
He added that mail-in ballots can be restricted to “these which are very sick, and the far-off army,” and that “paper ballots solely” needs to be used.
Voter ID legal guidelines at the moment differ extensively throughout states, with no federal mandate. In response to BallotPedia, 36 states require some type of identification, together with 25 that mandate photograph IDs with sure exceptions.
Fourteen states don’t require identification for in-person voting.
Trump, who has repeatedly criticized mail-in voting and digital voting machines, introduced the deliberate govt motion as redistricting efforts speed up forward of the 2026 midterm elections. — Businesses
