00:00And on Tuesday, United States President Donald Trump escalated his efforts to reshape the upcoming midterm elections by signing a
00:06new executive order that limits mail-in voting.
00:09The order seeks to create lists of U.S. citizens who are eligible to vote in each state and instructing
00:16the U.S. Postal Service to send mail ballots only to verify voters.
00:19The provisions would be a significant change to how mail ballot programs are currently administered in U.S. elections, which
00:26are largely carried out by state and local officials.
00:28The order comes as strong pressures Republicans in Congress to pass the Save America Act, an election overhaul that would
00:35impose new voter identification and documentation requirements.
00:38Election experts have called the order unconstitutional, with voting rights advocates and Democratic state officials pledging to sue to block
00:46it from going into effect.
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