- President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at restricting mail-in voting, claiming it is necessary to prevent "massive cheating" in elections.
- The order purports to ban the United States Postal Service from sending absentee ballots to voters not on a list established by the Department of Homeland Security.
- It also directs the Department of Justice to prosecute state election officials who use their own voter rolls instead of the federal list when sending out ballots.
- Election law experts and voting rights advocates have widely condemned the order as unconstitutional, with some state officials pledging to sue to block its enforcement.
- Trump's action comes as his approval rating has hit new lows and his party faces anticipated losses in upcoming elections, continuing his history of making unsubstantiated claims about widespread voter fraud.
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