Yesterday Trump signed an executive order permitting the federal government to regulate federal elections at the state level. The order, entitled “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of Elections” not only violates the constitutional prerogatives of Congress and the States to regulate and run elections respectively, but repeats timeworn jeremiads of Trump’s favorite election fraud conspiracies.
The courts should and will issue a pause or injunction because of its blatant unconstitutionality. Bizarrely, it permits DOGE to access state voter rolls to conduct audits. Yes, DOGE, that extralegal secretive government organization run by an unelected billionaire. Will any notification of suspension of voting registration come with a Tesla flyer? If you don’t believe me here is the language in the order:
“the Department of Homeland Security, in coordination with the DOGE Administrator, shall review each State’s publicly available voter registration list and available records concerning voter list maintenance activities as required by 52 U.S.C. 20507, alongside Federal immigration databases and State records requested, including through subpoena where necessary and authorized by law, for consistency with Federal requirements.”
Setting the constitutionality of the order aside, it underscores Trump’s disturbing mindset and the fantasy world his legal advisors live in. Every day it’s like going down Alice in Wonderland’s rabbit hole into a fantastical White House of gibbering lunatic imbeciles.
This is one of the most undisguised attempts to purge millions of registered voters since the end of Reconstruction. Sowing chaos into the mid-terms is its goal. If America’s past is precursor, DOGE’s audits no doubt will target primarily black and brown voting districts. Regardless, if you are a registered voter fear losing the right to vote.
Today, please Send an email, write a letter, or call your representative to complain of this latest assault on our rights.
