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  "path": "/2026/06/23/trump-vote-by-mail-executive-order/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-23T16:22:51.000Z",
  "site": "https://msmagazine.com",
  "tags": [
    "Justice & Law",
    "National",
    "Politics",
    "2026 Elections",
    "Congress",
    "Courts and Judges",
    "Donald Trump and the Trump Administration",
    "Election Day",
    "Elections",
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    "Voting Rights",
    "Women Voters",
    "Trump’s Executive Order to Restrict Vote by Mail Is a Five-Alarm Fire",
    "Ms. Magazine"
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  "textContent": "Republican voters regularly use mail-in voting. Nearly one in five registered Republicans vote by mail. One in four Democrats does too.\n\nData on who votes by mail suggests that many Americans trust and rely on it.\n\nTrump himself uses mail voting. He has defended casting his own ballots by mail, saying he did it “because I’m president” and “I had a lot of different things” to do.\n\nTrump has repeatedly tried to restrict Americans’ ability to vote by mail. His latest effort, following several failed attempts, began with an executive order he signed on March 31: “Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections.” The order seeks to shift authority over federal elections from the states—which the Constitution grants primary responsibility for administering elections—to the federal government.\n\nThere are, of course, lawsuits challenging this executive order. The challenges to this executive order may well determine how and when you vote this November. So I asked my Brennan Center colleague Wendy Weiser, one of the lawyers in the League of Women Voters case, to share her perspective.\n\nThe post Trump’s Executive Order to Restrict Vote by Mail Is a Five-Alarm Fire appeared first on Ms. Magazine.",
  "title": "Trump’s Executive Order to Restrict Vote by Mail Is a Five-Alarm Fire"
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