US EditionJeffries hammers Trump order on voting rules: ‘Not worth the paper it has been written on’
- On Tuesday, November 5, 2024, President Donald Trump issued an executive order on election security that could significantly alter how Oregon conducts elections, prompting a visit from Secretary of State Tobias Read to Portland.
- The order seeks to exert federal control over state election decisions by mandating documentary proof of U.S. Citizenship for voter registration, potentially impacting Oregon, which currently requires only an attestation of citizenship.
- The executive order also mandates that all mail-in and absentee ballots be received by Election Day, conflicting with Oregon's practice of counting ballots postmarked by Election Day even if they arrive up to a week later, a practice which accounted for 13,596 votes in the last election, according to the Secretary of State's Office.
- Secretary of State Tobias Read, along with other officials like Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs, have voiced concerns that the order represents unconstitutional overreach, could disenfranchise eligible voters, and may even decrease election security, with Read stating he has been in talks with Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield over how to respond to the order.
- Critics, including legal experts like William F. Gary, anticipate legal challenges to the order, arguing that it infringes upon states' constitutional authority to manage elections and citing concerns that some states may comply with the order, risking legitimizing unconstitutional actions, while the order also threatens to withhold federal funding from states that do not share voter rolls and other data.
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Jeffries hammers Trump order on voting rules: ‘Not worth the paper it has been written on’
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday denounced President Trump’s recent executive order to make voting rules more strict, saying it’s an illegal power grab that will quickly be rejected by the courts. “The executive order that was recently issued by President Trump is not worth the paper it has been written on,” Jeffries... The post Jeffries hammers Trump order on voting rules: ‘Not worth the paper it has been written on’ …
Oregon’s top elections official pans Trump order on voter registrations
President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order on election security Tuesday could result in big changes to how Oregon conducts elections. But the state’s top elections official says he’s not rushing to upend how the state does things.“I don’t think it’s legal,” Secretary of State Tobias Read, a Democrat, told OPB on Wednesday. “I don’t think it’s going to stand. I certainly think it will be challenged.”Trump’s order would assume control over …
How could Trump’s recent executive order impact California elections?
President Donald Trump ‘s recent executive order overhauling U.S. elections has drawn swift opposition from California leaders and advocacy groups who say it threatens how the state conducts elections.
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