United States President Donald Trump has announced plans to sign an executive order requiring voter identification from every voter.
“Voter I.D. Must Be Part of Every Single Vote. NO EXCEPTIONS! I Will Be Doing An Executive Order To That End!!!,” Trump said on his Truth Social platform on Saturday.
“Also, No Mail-In Voting, Except For Those That Are Very Ill, And The Far Away Military,” he added.
The announcement comes as Trump seeks to overhaul the electoral system in the US over false claims that his 2020 loss to Democratic President Joe Biden was the result of widespread fraud.
The president and his Republican allies also have made baseless claims about widespread voting by non-citizens, which is illegal and rarely occurs.
For years, he has called for the end of electronic voting m