July 19, 2025

Donald Trump’s sweeping anti-voting executive order may be facing roadblocks in the courts, but that’s certainly not stopping Republicans from implementing it in the states. 

Across the country, GOP lawmakers are attacking voting rights by enacting strict voter ID laws, making it harder to vote by mail and imposing onerous proof of citizenship requirements for voter registration.

North Dakota eliminated its grace period for mail ballots specifically to align with the executive order. Missouri’s top election official says he wants to “make sure we’re compliant” with the order and is pushing for new legislation to tighten ID rules. And in Texas and Louisiana, Republican officials have praised Trump’s anti-voting order for helping them crack down on the non-existent problem of noncitizen voting. 

Be warned: all of this is part of a broader scheme to...

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