ter Suppression Tactics
🗳️Trump's executive order requires government-issued documentary proof of citizenship for federal voter registration, potentially disenfranchising millions of poor, low-income, and minority citizens who lack passports or driver's licenses.
🔍The order empowers Elon Musk's Doge to comb through state voter files, creating a recipe for unprecedented voter purges and database errors that could disenfranchise thousands or millions of eligible Americans.
Impact on Election Integrity
📬The order targets states that count mail ballots received after election day, threatening to cut off federal election funds unless they comply, potentially disenfranchising US military personnel and overseas voters.
🔒This attempt to codify voter suppression nationwide aims to lock in Republican rule for a generation, representing a "five-alarm fire" in modern American history.
Political Motivations and Historical Context
🎭The order is a power play to score voters and get headlines, likely to distract from the "war plans group chat scandal", recycling a scheme previously blocked by courts.
📜Using a "legal veneer of specificity" to throw out votes, the order echoes historical voter suppression tactics like tests for minorities and poll taxes, aiming to eliminate unwanted votes while maintaining a facade of legitimacy.