Trump Assumes Unheard-of Powers in Ordering Federal Overhaul of Elections

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : "A lot of [the executive order] tracks pretty closely with what's in the SAVE Act," said Diaz.
57% : Right now the SAVE Act is making its way through Congress; the Republican-sponsored legislation would alter registration procedures and demand proof of citizenship documents like a passport, birth certificate or naturalization certification.
56% : Ominous language in the order directs states to provide voter roll information to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
54% : After all, we've seen what kind of technical "upgrades" and other impending disasters they intend to carry out at the Social Security Administration (SSA).
54% : "And so we're asking the court to declare those aspects of the executive order unconstitutional, and to enjoin the Election Assistance Commission, the Department of Justice and the Department of Defense from taking any action to implement the president's order.
50% : " In an interview with Slate, Wendy Weiser, a leading expert on democratic rights at the Brennan Center for Justice, estimated that up to 21.3 million people could be disenfranchised by the SAVE Act, which "would also completely upend voter registration[,] end mail registration
50% : " Whether pursued via state violence, blustering anti-democratic rhetoric, or the quieter backdoor manipulations of law and policy, it's clear that suppression of opponents and the flagrant abuse of power -- sometimes, it seems, pursued for power's sake alone, or merely for the evident joy of cruelty -- will be the modus operandi of this presidency.
49% : Unfortunately, Trump's recent executive order contains even more diktats: requiring the reporting of foreign nationals to the DHS, unsourced claims of illicit foreign contributions to direct-democracy ballot initiatives (which the right generally does not like), and additional stringent demands to serve up voter information to unaccountable agencies, for purposes unknown.
47% : Should the SAVE Act fail, the executive order may allow "the White House to get around the congressional lawmaking process and do whatever they want.
18% : Here, it seems likely that Trump is pursuing another petty vendetta.
13% : The administration reserves itself the right to "cease providing Federal funds to States that do not comply[.]" We've already been treated to the ugly sight of Trump withholding funds as a cudgel.

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