The sweeping 12-page order contains a number of provisions, including a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to vote in federal elections as well as a requirement that all ballots be received by Election Day – both of which fall outside of the executive branch’s authority to mandate.
But, there’s also a section, buried deeper in the order, that, if implemented, would give Trump’s Justice Department the authority to pick and choose what states get federal funding for election administration. It would require states to loop the DOJ in on supposed violations of election law that it encounters. But it also mandates that basic information about voter roll maintenance be shared with the DOJ as well.
If states are unwilling to enter into what is referred to as an “information-sharing agreement” with the Attorney General regarding “suspected violations of state and federal elections laws,” the Attorney General is allowed to withhold grants and other funds from those states, the executive order says.
There are several commentaries at length going into the hidden traps and pitfalls of this latest executive order kicking about, so far it looks loaded.
In the video, trump urges people to go out and vote, in which case telling them "just this time" and "you won't have to do it anymore, 4 more years, it will be fixed, it will be fine"
Coincidentally, you omitted the spicy addendum transcribing your own source, making his statement sound ambiguous. Here is what he said after your oddly selective excerpt:
"In four years, you don't have to vote again. We'll have it fixed so good, you'll not gonna have to vote."
Telling people that it will be "fixed" so they "won't need to vote" was enough for me
Unlike with Musk's "heart goes to you", if there is some context that can turn this into a benign remark it would have to be truly radical. Any takers?
>Trump said: "Christians, get out and vote, just this time. "You won't have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what, it will be fixed, it will be fine, you won't have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians."
>He added: "I love you Christians. I'm a Christian. I love you, get out, you gotta get out and vote. In four years, you don't have to vote again, we'll have it fixed so good you're not going to have to vote," Trump said.
It doesn't have to be enforceable at the point where voting actually occurs. It's just a prepared excuse to disqualify electors. Let's say Republicans in Congress circle the wagons around Trump and refuse to admit any new members from states that ignore the EO, like, physically. What then?
PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF AMERICAN ELECTIONS
~ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/pres...
source~ https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-order-includes-prov...There are several commentaries at length going into the hidden traps and pitfalls of this latest executive order kicking about, so far it looks loaded.