US EditionTrump says he will seek to require voter ID for midterms regardless of Congress
Trump will issue an executive order mandating voter ID for the 2026 midterms, citing election security despite legal challenges and opposition from Democrats and civil rights groups.
- On Feb. 13, 2026, President Donald Trump said he would seek national voter-ID requirements for the November midterms regardless of Congress and will shortly issue an executive order laying out the legal reasons.
- Amid opposition from House Democrats, Trump posted to Truth Social that he will push for voter-ID laws for the 2026 midterms, despite legislative delays.
- Reporting notes President Donald Trump did not clarify the legal basis for nationwide voter ID rules while backing proof-of-citizenship requirements and limits on mail-in ballots.
- Under the Constitution, state and local officials run elections, complicating a federal mandate as President Trump declared he would bypass Congress to require voter ID for the November midterm elections.
- With narrow Republican majorities and typical midterm losses for incumbent presidents' parties, similar House-passed bills have repeatedly died in the Senate.
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PoliticsDonald Trump wants to force an identity card for voters in the mid-term elections in November and insults democrats. Without legal authority, he wants to bypass Congress.
Trump: 'There will be voter ID for midterm elections’ – with or without Congress · American Wire News
Setting the stakes should the “demented and evil” Democrats and their ilk take back federal control, President Donald Trump made a vow about voter ID ahead of reaching a key Senate threshold. Few legislative efforts have so encapsulated the disconnect between the will of the people and the actions of their supposed representatives like the fight for election integrity. Friday, as Democrats continued to oppose the SAVE America Act even while ackn…
If the voter identification proposal does not get the green light in Congress, it should be introduced anyway, says Trump.
Trump vows to present ‘irrefutable’ legal argument to require voter ID without Congress
President Donald Trump said he would present an “irrefutable” legal argument to require voter ID, whether or not Congress would back him. In two posts on Truth Social, Trump criticized Democrats for their opposition to voter ID, claiming it was because they were looking to “cheat in Elections.” He claimed he had “searched the depths of Legal Arguments not yet articulated or vetted on this subject,” and that he would be presenting the “irrefutabl…
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