Trump makes radical change to US elections with new executive order

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

73% : Raffensperger issued a statement thanking Trump for the executive order, calling it a 'great first step for election integrity reform nationwide.' Mike Lindell, a Trump ally who spreads election conspiracies and who wants to ban voting systems in favor of hand-counting ballots, fundraised off the news on Tuesday, saying in an email it will fix our 'sick elections.' Trump's executive order comes as the Republican National Committee launched a massive effort to probe voter registration list maintenance nationwide.
61% : Republicans have defended that measure as necessary to restore public confidence in elections.
56% : The order aims to require votes to be 'cast and received' by Election Day and says federal funding should be conditional on state compliance.
53% : Trump's order directs federal agencies including the Department of Homeland Security, the Social Security Administration and the State Department to share with election officials federal data that could help them identify noncitizens on their rolls.
49% : The order´s documentary proof of citizenship requirement signals that the president is not waiting for congressional Republicans to pass their long-anticipated Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE Act, which has aimed to do the same thing.
46% : Donald Trump signed an executive order making radical changes to ensure elections are 'free, fair, and honest' and that could take millions off voter rolls.
45% : Trump signed an order that includes requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and demanding that all ballots be received by Election Day.
41% : Donald Trump signed an executive order making radical changes to ensure elections are 'free, fair, and honest' and that could take millions off voter rolls Trump signed an order that includes requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and demanding that all ballots be received by Election Day Trump has focused particularly on mail voting, arguing that it´s insecure and invites fraud even as he has shifted his position on the issue given its popularity with voters, including Republicans.
27% : Trump has rescinded that order.
24% : Trump referenced election fraud as he signed the order Tuesday, saying, 'this will end it, hopefully.'

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