Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections Executive Order #14248 Date Issued: March 25, 2025 Topic: Voting Rights, Civil Rights, Immigration
WHAT DOES THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER DO? This executive order mandates that prospective voters provide documentary proof of citizenship in order to be eligible to vote. The order excludes student and employee IDs from eligibility for voter registration and creates complications for people who do not have passports or have changed their names from what appears on their birth certificate, including married women and transgender people. The order authorizes a federal review of voter registration lists in all 50 states and allows state and local officials to access federal immigration databases in order to verify the citizenship of their voters. The order also compels the heads of all agencies that oversee federal voter registration to assess citizenship before distributing voter registration forms to people receiving public assistance, like Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beneficiaries. The order seeks to withhold funding and grants from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) from states that do not comply with the order.
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