Senate Democrats Respond to Trump’s Executive Order Attacking Vote by Mail

PHOENIX – Senate Democrats respond to Donald Trump’s Executive Order limiting mail-in voting and reviving baseless claims of election fraud:

“Today, Donald Trump signed an unconstitutional executive order targeting mail-in voting, reviving the same baseless claims that have been repeatedly rejected by courts, election officials, and members of both parties. This executive order is written by an administration that clearly doesn’t understand how elections are actually administered, yet it seeks to politically insert this federal administration into the process. Arizona, like every other state, already has a list of registered and mail ballot voters. Arizona already mails ballots in envelopes with unique barcodes. Arizona already has rigorous voter list maintenance procedures. 

This order isn’t about “election integrity.” It’s about making it harder for eligible voters to cast their ballots and letting President Trump and his administration choose who gets to vote in a critical election year. Requiring federal agencies to compile voter lists and limiting access to mail ballots raises serious legal and constitutional concerns. States, not the federal government, administer elections, and any attempt to override that authority will rightly face challenges in court.

We are once again telling this administration to get out of the way and let our elections administrators to their job. We stand with Attorney Mayes and Secretary of State Fontes to continue to defend the right of all eligible Arizonans to vote.”