President Trump issued an executive order in March directing the Department of Homeland Security to compile a list of U.S. citizens eligible to vote in each state.
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The Rob Carson ShowAug 25, 2026
The claim is supported: Reuters, the White House fact sheet, the executive order text, and NPR all report that Trump's March 31, 2026 executive order directed DHS (working with SSA) to compile and transmit to each state a list of U.S. citizens eligible to vote.
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… President Donald Trump's administration now, the Supreme Court lifted a judicial decision blocking the administration from implementing his order to restrict the use of mail-in ballots ahead of the November election that will decide the control of Congress. Trump's executive order issued in March, listen to how despotic this is directed the Department of Homeland Security to compile and transmit a list to states, a list of US. Citizens eligible to vote in each state, and the Justice Department to prioritize investigating and prosecuting state and local election officials who issue ballots to people deemed not eligible to vote. I know it's despotic. He's such a racist. It required the U.S. …
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Supports. Reuters reports that Trump's March executive order directed the Department of Homeland Security to compile and transmit to the states a list of U.S. citizens eligible to vote in each state.[1]
Supports. The White House fact sheet dated March 31, 2026 says the order directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, with the Social Security Administration, to compile and transmit to each state a State Citizenship List of confirmed U.S. citizens.[3]
Supports. The executive order text (Executive Order 14399, dated March 31, 2026) establishes the transmission of State Citizenship Lists, with DHS and SSA involved in verifying eligibility.[4]
Supports. NPR reports that Trump signed on Tuesday, March 31, an executive order instructing DHS, working with SSA, to create lists of U.S. citizens eligible to vote in each state.[5]
Context. AP reporting says the order assigned creation of the 'state citizenship list' to the director of USCIS and the SSA commissioner, a minor variation in which agency is named that does not contradict the claim's core.[2]
Context. The order has been challenged in court and portions were blocked by lower courts; the Supreme Court later lifted one injunction, but this does not affect whether the order was issued or what it directs.[1][2]
Sources
5 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 primary, 1 tier 2
- 1US Supreme Court hands a win to Trump over mail-in ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2US appeals court upholds halt to Trump's executive order ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Ensures Citizenship ...whitehouse.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Executive Order 14399—Ensuring Citizenship Verification and ...govinfo.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 5Trump signs a new executive order on voting. Experts say he lacks the authoritynpr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
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