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Trump Issues Executive Order Requiring Proof of Citizenship on Voter Registration Forms, But...The constitutionality of this order is in serious question. Voting procedures are clearly the responsibility of individual states, and Trump doesn't have the authority to dictate how states run their elections. Further, the EAC is an independent agency, supposedly immune to executive direction.
The order calls for the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), an independent agency with four commissioners named by the president, to require potential voters to show proof of citizenship before they can register to vote in federal elections. The order also directs state or local officials to verify the information. The constitutionality of this order is in serious question. Voting procedures are clearly the responsibility of individual states, and Trump doesn't have the authority to dictate how states run their elections. Further, the EAC is an independent agency, supposedly immune to executive direction. The courts will, no doubt, sort out the issues and rule on the legality of the order. "This executive order is important for what it tries to do on requiring voters to provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote, but it is even more important for what it means for Presidential power," Rick Hasen, a political science professor and director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project at the University of California wrote in an email. "Trump is trying to assert power over an independent, bipartisan agency that Congress created to deal fairly and evenhandedly with assisting states in administering elections." Another critical part of the order is the section dealing with ballots that arrive on election day... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Continue reading Here. 
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