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The Trump-Vance Administration is trying to

Deny citizens the right to vote

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https://democracy2025.org/response-center/eo-14248

What we know

This order directs federal agencies to interpret and enforce federal laws in ways known to prevent eligible citizens from voting.

Formal Name

Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections

Status
Partially Blocked
Formal Identifier

EO 14248

March 25, 2025

Anticipated Impact

In this Executive Order, the President directs the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to require certain documents (such as a birth certificate or U.S. passport) as proof of U.S. citizenship for federal elections. It directs the State Department, Department of Homeland Security, and Elon Musk's DOGE to identify "unqualified" voters, and for certain other federal agencies to "assess" a voter's citizenship before providing a voter registration form to applicants for public assistance. The order also directs the Attorney General to enforce voting laws to limit states from using absentee or mail-in ballots and directs the EAC to condition federal funding to pressure states to adopt a uniform federal standard as to what constitutes a vote. It is already illegal for noncitizens to vote in federal elections, and as a result, noncitizen voting is nearly nonexistent. However, because most Americans don't have passports and many adult women don't have citizenship documents that match their name if they changed their name after marriage, this Executive Order would functionally deny many citizens their right to vote. Several parts of this order were preliminarily enjoined on April 24, 2025, in League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) v. Executive Office of the President, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

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