Trump to sign order cracking down on mail-in voting fraud

President Trump is set to sign an executive order Tuesday directing Homeland Security Secretary Markwazie Mullin and the Social Security Administration to create a verified list of eligible U.S. voters as part of a broader effort to restrict mail-in voting nationwide. The order represents a significant shift in voting administration, centralizing voter eligibility verification under federal authority rather than leaving it primarily to states, which have traditionally managed their own election systems. Trump has long claimed without evidence that mail-in voting is vulnerable to fraud, a position that motivated voting restrictions during his first term and remains a priority in his current administration. The measure will likely face legal challenges from voting rights advocates and Democratic-led states who argue that federal overreach in election administration violates states' constitutional authority over their own elections. Implementation could affect millions of mail-in voters and reshape how states verify voter rolls ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.