President Donald Trump said he plans to issue an executive order requiring voter identification for all United States elections in a post shared on his Truth Social account Saturday (August 30) night.
"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!!! President DJT," Trump wrote.
Trump has long been critical of mail-in voting, as record numbers of mail-in ballots were placed in favor of former President Joe Biden during the 2020 presidential election amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with Trump falsely claiming that Biden benefitted from widespread fraud. The president's Republican allies have echoed his sentim