Preserving And Protecting The Integrity Of American Elections

The order ties Federal funding and enforcement actions to State compliance with its election rules. It also expands Federal access to voter data and directs a broad review of election systems and voter rolls.

What the order does ​

• Requires documentary proof of U.S. citizenship on the national mail voter registration form and the military and overseas voter application.
• Gives State and local election officials access to Federal citizenship, immigration, Social Security, and death-record databases for eligibility checks.
• Directs Federal reviews of voter rolls and referrals of suspected noncitizen registration or voting for investigation and possible prosecution.
• Orders enforcement against States that count Federal-election mail ballots received after Election Day, except covered military and overseas ballots.
• Conditions certain election and homeland-security funds on compliance with Federal registration, ballot-deadline, and voting-system standards.
• Directs new voting-system standards favoring voter-verifiable paper records and restricting barcode- or QR-code-based vote counting, except for disability accommodations.
• Orders security reviews of electronic voter-registration and voting systems and seeks to bar noncitizens from administering Federal elections or accessing election materials.
• Prioritizes enforcement against foreign-national election spending and lobbying with Federal funds.
• Ends remaining agency actions implementing the revoked 2021 voting-access order and requires compliance reports within 90 days.

Who it affects ​

• U.S. citizens registering to vote, including military and overseas voters.
• State and local election officials responsible for registration, voter rolls, ballot counting, and election systems.
• States seeking Federal election, homeland-security, or law-enforcement funding.
• Noncitizens suspected of registering, voting, administering Federal elections, or financing U.S. election activity.
• Voting-equipment manufacturers and election-technology providers subject to revised Federal standards.