The President of the United States, Donald Trump, signed an executive order on Tuesday that limits mail-in voting in federal elections, as part of his campaign to reinforce his message about potential fraud in the midterms to be held in November. The measure establishes that the new Secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, must create a list of eligible voters in collaboration with the Social Security Administration. "We are going to use federal data to ensure that election officials in each state have a complete picture of who the eligible voters are in their jurisdiction," Trump said during the signing of the document at the White House. The list will serve to monitor who can receive ballots sent by mail, according to the White House. Trump has questioned remote voting since the 2020 elections, in which he lost to Democrat Joe Biden, and has claimed, without evidence, that these elections are susceptible to fraud. His statements about that electoral process motivated episodes of violence, including the assault on the Capitol in January 2021. At the same time, the Trump Administration seeks the approval of a law that would require voters to present an ID as "proof of citizenship" in elections, even though currently 36 of the 50 states already require an ID.
