Trump signs order seeking to overhaul US elections, including requiring proof of citizenship - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

78% : Raffensperger issued a statement thanking Trump for the executive order, calling it a "great first step for election integrity reform 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.
50% : 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.
27% : Trump has rescinded that order.
24% : Colorado's Democratic secretary of state, Jena Griswold, called the order an "unlawful" weaponization of the federal government and said Trump is "trying to make it harder for voters to fight back at the ballot box.
24% : Trump referenced election fraud as he signed the order Tuesday, saying, "this will end it, hopefully."
21% : Trump has focused particularly on mail voting, arguing without evidence that it's insecure and invites fraud even as he has shifted his position on the issue given its popularity with voters, including Republicans.

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