President Donald Trump, long a critic of U.S. election security, is taking steps to safeguard the vote against what he describes as “fraud, errors, or suspicion.”
In a sweeping March 25 directive, the president invoked his executive authority to overhaul election rules concerning voter registration requirements, election law enforcement, electronic voting system security, voting deadlines, and foreign interference in U.S. elections.
“We believe this executive order is the farthest-reaching executive action taken in the history of the republic to secure our elections,” White House Staff Secretary Will Scharf said as he handed the order to the president to sign.
“There’s a lot in here, but we believe that these are very important steps that we need to be taking as an administration at your direction to ensure that our elections are as secure as they possibly can be.”...
