Trump's executive order on mail voting is set to face legal challenges

NPR | By Hansi Lo Wang

Published April 1, 2026 at 6:47 AM EDT

An executive order from President Trump seeks to create federal lists of eligible voters and instructs the Postal Service to send ballots only to approved voters. It faces certain legal challenges.

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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) is a national correspondent for NPR reporting on the people, power and money behind the U.S. census.

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