Trump: 'There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or not!'

[RandySF]

President Donald Trump suggested he would issue an executive order attempting to impose a nationwide photo ID requirement for voting, a requirement to show proof of citizenship for registration, and a ban on mail voting ahead of the 2026 midterms.

Such an order would likely be blocked by courts, but if it stood, it would stand to disenfranchise millions of eligible voters.

Following the House’s passage of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE) America Act Wednesday, Trump took to Truth Social late Friday afternoon to suggest that if the Senate doesn’t send him the bill, he’ll take unilateral action. Senate Democrats have said they’re committed to preventing the measure from becoming law.

The bill would require voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship at registration and show a form of I.D. when they cast their ballots.




https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-there-will-be-voter-i-d-for-the-midterm-elections-whether-approved-by-congress-or-not/

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. This executive order will be struck down quickly

[msongs]

2. republicans everywhere are orgasiming over his manly pronouncements. let us see if dems have a dramatic response nt

[rampartd]

3. such an order would be dragged through the courts long enough to survive 2028

i have said before = if you know someone without id, help them get it.

can he do this? not legally or constitutionally, but that has never stopped him before.

[Wiz Imp]

10. Not a chance. The courts will strike it down immediately and it will have no impact on the 2026 elections.

[Fiendish Thingy]

4. Impotent POTUS says what? It doesn't even have to be reviewed by the courts

He’s already issued numerous EO’s on elections, including one that banned mail in voting.

All have been ignored by the states, as EO’s have no authority over the states, only the executive branch.

[Turbineguy]

5. If the Democrats win,

he goes to jail. Eventually.

[RainCaster]

6. That's a poll tax

That is not Constitutional!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. In January, trump's March executive order on elections was struck down

trump cannot change state election laws by executive order. The last election executive order was struck down. trump needs for congress to act which is NOT going to happen

Link to tweet

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-there-will-be-voter-i-d-for-the-midterm-elections-whether-approved-by-congress-or-not/

In January, a federal court issued a permanent injunction against Trump’s March, 2025 executive order that attempted to require documentary proof of citizenship on voter registration and limitations on mail-in ballots. In her opinion, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, articulated why the Founders entrusted administration of elections first with the states in the Constitution’s Election’s Clause.

“The Framers of our Constitution recognized that power over election rules could be abused, either to destroy the national government or to disempower the people from acting as a check on their elected representatives,” Kollar-Kotelly wrote. “Accordingly, they entrusted this power to the parts of our government that they believed would be most responsive to the will of the people: first to the States, and then, in some instances, to Congress.

The idea that immigrants are being brought into the United States to vote is a far-right conspiracy theory that has been repeatedly disproven. It is already illegal for noncitizens to vote, and those that do so intentionally are easily caught, prosecuted, imprisoned for years, and then deported, all for the chance to cast a single ballot out of hundreds of thousands. Consequently, noncitizen voting is exceptionally rare, as election officials and court findings across the country have persistently shown.

Similarly, mail-in ballots are popular across the country and have shown no evidence of being particularly susceptible to electoral fraud. The SAVE America Act would not limit mail-in ballots, but another bill recently introduced in the House, the Make Elections Great Again Act, would.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. The Constitution blocks presidents from changing election rules.

Link to tweet

[La Coliniere]

9. So sick of him trying to stuff his bs down our throats.

The evil dunce should be spending the rest of his life behind bars, yet here we are. He can try to impose his will over voting rules but I doubt it will go very far.