Trump says he will require voter ID with executive order

President Donald Trump says he plans to sign an executive order aimed at requiring voter I D in elections across the country Trump made the report on social media late Saturday night saying he is also seeking other reforms to how U S elections take place Voter I D Must Be Part of Every Single Vote NO EXCEPTIONS I Will Be Doing An Executive Order To That End Also No Mail-In Voting Except For Those That Are Very Ill And The Far Away Military USE PAPER BALLOTS ONLY Trump wrote on Truth Social Trump previously attempted to impose voter I D via an executive order earlier this year in a wider referendum integrity action TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON VOTING BLOCKED BY FEDERAL JUDGE AMID FLURRY OF LEGAL SETBACKSIn April Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the U S District Court for the District of Columbia struck down the portions of that order that related to voter identification requirements CITIZENSHIP VOTER REGISTRATION BILL IS COMMON SENSE GOP LAWMAKER ARGUESKollar-Kotelly maintained that Trump did not have the authority to issue such an order as the Constitution delegates control of ballot regulations to Congress and states Consistent with that allocation of power Congress is right now debating measure that would affect various of the changes the President purports to order Kollar-Kotelly a Clinton appointee wrote in her order No statutory delegation of authority to the Executive Branch permits the President to short-circuit Congress s deliberative process by executive order Nevertheless requiring voters to provide proof of citizenship remains widely popular among Americans according to a poll from Gallup taken just before the elections TRUMP ADMINISTRATION RESURRECTS NEIGHBORHOOD CHECKS FOR CITIZENSHIP APPLICANTS LAST USED IN FIRST BUSH-ERAThe poll ascertained that of U S adults were in favor of requiring voters to show identification and supported requiring proof of citizenship when registering for the first time When broken down by party of Democrats of Independents and of Republicans were in favor of mandating voter ID The party breakdown over proof of citizenship was similar with of Democrats of Independents and of Republicans supporting the idea Fox News' Rachel Wolf contributed to this account