Trump's Voter List Order Sparks Legal Battles

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President Donald Trump just signed an executive order pushing for a nationwide list of eligible voters.

It tells the Department of Homeland Security to team up with the Social Security Administration

and other federal spots to build that list from.

Citizenship and Identity Data. Plus, it wants the US Postal Service to add safeguards on mail-in ballots

to stop non-citizens from voting.

Journalist Katie Corrick called this out hard, saying it looks like Trump wants to mess with our elections.

She chatted with Sean Morales Doyle from the Brennan Center, who laid his straight,

the President can't rewrite election rules.

That's the job of states and Congress, not him.

And get this, it's the second time Trump's tried something like this.

Reactions are blowing up across the board.

Corrick flat-out said on her sub-stack that Trump's out to screw with the process.

Media voices are warning the country to stay on high alert for rig 2026 midterms,

with some even floating wild ideas about canceling.

Elections altogether.

Meanwhile, states are pushing back quick.

Arizona, California, and Oregon already vowed to sue the administration over the order.

California's Governor Gavin Newsom has been loud about fears of election rigging,

even tossing in talk of scrapping the 2028 presidential race.

This whole thing's got election pros on edge, pressuring workers and sparking lawsuits

that could drag on.

As midterms heat up, keep your eyes peeled on how the courts play it out.