Trump Signs Executive Order to Require Proof of Citizenship to Register to Vote

President 👤Donald Trump has signed an 📜Executive Order that would require proof of U.S. citizenship before a person would be able to vote in federal elections.

According to NBC News, Justin Levitt, a constitutional scholar at the Loyola Law School told the news outlet that despite the 📜Executive Order, Trump has almost no power over elections.

“The president’s got almost no power over federal elections,” Levitt told NBC News “As the senior policy adviser for democracy and voting rights in the last administration, one of the things that was very clear is how little power the president has over federal elections — by design.”

In the order, it states that the U.S. has failed to enforce its election protections, and notes that other countries have stricter requirements.

“Despite pioneering self-government, the United States now fails to enforce basic and necessary election protections employed by modern, developed nations, as well as those still developing,” the order reads.