Taking an important step to give a new look to the electoral process, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a comprehensive executive order, introducing strict measures for the federal elections. It has been said in the instructions that people will have to submit a documentary evidence of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. Additionally, a strict time limit has been applied to submit the ballot in the order, which requires all votes to be obtained by the day of election.
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Trump’s order stated that the US has failed to implement basic and necessary election security and called upon the states to work with federal agencies to share voter lists and prosecute election crimes. Trump said this while giving examples of India and some other countries. He said that India and Brazil are connecting voter identity to the biometric database, while the United States is largely dependent on self-respect for citizenship. In Germany and Canada, paper ballots are required when calculating votes, while the United States has several methods that often lack basic custody security.
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This has also threatened to withdraw federal funds from those states where election officials do not comply with it. This step conforms to Trump’s long history against election processes. He often claims that the election is rigging, before the results came out, and they have fought against some voting methods, since he lost the 2020 election Democrats who lost to Biden and he falsely accused it of widespread fraud. Trump has particularly focused on mail voting, arguing without proof that it is unsafe and invites fraud, while he has changed his stance on the issue, as its popularity among voters, including Republicans, has its popularity. After signing, Trump said more election action will be taken in the coming weeks.