Trump Signs Order for Voter List and Mail-In Limits

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday in the Oval Office, directing federal agencies to create a nationwide list of verified eligible voters and imposing new restrictions on mail-in ballots through the United States Postal Service.

The order requires the Department of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Social Security Administration, to compile lists of eligible citizens in each state using federal databases, including citizenship and naturalization records. It instructs the Postal Service to deliver absentee ballots only to individuals on those state-approved lists and mandates that ballot envelopes include unique barcodes for tracking and verification. White House officials described the measures as steps to enhance election security and prevent noncitizen voting, which is already illegal under federal law and occurs rarely.

Trump, speaking after the signing, emphasized the need for voter integrity. "It's about voter integrity; we want to have honest voting in our country because if you don't have honest voting, you can't have really a nation," he said. He added that the order would address concerns about mail-in voting, calling fraud in the...