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Trump Voting Order Faces Lawsuits

Is Trump's mail-in voting order a desperate unconstitutional overreach or a long-overdue safeguard for election integrity?

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Above: A mail-in ballot drop box at a polling center in Arlington, Va., on Nov. 4, 2025. Image credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images

The Spin

Democratic narrative

States run elections, not the president, and no executive order changes that, making Trump's mail-in voting order blatantly unconstitutional. Due to this obvious violation of the law, legal experts say it'll be blocked fast, just like the last anti-voter order was. This is pure desperation from an administration watching its voter suppression agenda collapse on every front.

The New Republic Democracy Docket

Republican narrative

Trump's order brings long-overdue accountability to a system riddled with fraud — commonsense safeguards that protect every legitimate vote. Democrats screaming "unconstitutional" are the same people blocking the SAVE America Act, despite its widespread popularity. Election security isn't voter suppression — it's what a functioning democracy requires amid a documented rise in fraud cases.

Eric Daugherty on X PJ Media