Aug. 31 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump announced late Saturday that he would sign an executive order requiring voters to present identification when casting ballots.
"Voter ID must be part of every single vote. No exceptions!" Trump said on his Truth Social platform. "I will be doing an executive order to that end! Also, no mail-in voting, except for those that are very ill, and the far away military. Use paper ballots only!"
The president did not provide any further details about the planned executive order, which comes amid his push to influence how elections are carried out in the United States. Trump has long claimed without evidence that voter fraud cost him the 2020 presidential election.
This is not Trump's first foray into voter ID via executive order. In March, he signed a similar mandate requiring documentary proof of citizenship, such as passports or government-issued IDs, for voter registration in federal elections.
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