NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping executive action to overhaul elections in the United States.
Tuesday’s order demands documentary proof of citizenship be added as a requirement for federal voter registration. It also requires that all ballots be received by Election Day throughout the country.
The move is consistent with Trump’s long history of railing against election processes. He often claims elections are being rigged, even before the results are known, and has waged battles against certain voting methods since he lost the 2020 election to Democrat Joe Biden and blamed it on widespread fraud.
Trump said Tuesday that more election actions would be taken in coming weeks.
It was not clear what would change for Wisconsin’s April 1 election. Wisconsin Elections Commission chairwoman Ann Jacobs told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel the order did not apply to this upcoming election.
