The Trump administration is taking the unprecedented step of creating lists of adult citizens who are eligible to vote in each state — but will not meet its own deadline 60 days before Election Day.
Voters at a polling place last month in Shelby, Mich. The U.S. has not ever attempted to create a comprehensive list of American citizens before this administration and maintaining voter lists is the responsibility of states — not the federal government, as the Constitution dictates that states control elections.
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Critics fear the administration could disenfranchise millions of voters with the president’s unprecedented elections takeover
The president is pushing states to create citizenship lists to prevent non-citizens from voting
The Trump administration has run the names of at least 67 million voters through government databases as it looks for noncitizens…
It also seeks to bar the U.S. Postal Service from sending absentee ballots to those not on each state’s approved list.
The rules of the midterms are being rewritten, from redistricting to campaign money. Mother Jones journalist Ari Berman explains…
The Trump administration has run the names of at least 67 million voters through government databases as it looks for noncitizens…
