The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has approved a plan to help states verify that registered voters are U.S. citizens while also monitoring mail ballot flows for potential signs of voter fraud, advancing a central pillar of President Donald Trump’s election integrity agenda.

Plan Details

Under the proposal, states would be permitted to submit their entire voter registration rolls to a federal immigration database to verify citizenship and voting eligibility. State election officials would also be given secure access to citizenship information maintained by federal agencies, including the Social Security Administration and the State Department.

DHS also plans to coordinate with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to monitor mail-in and absentee ballot flows, identify unusual patterns, detect potential fraud, and generate investigative leads.

The move follows President Donald Trump’s March 31 executive order, ‘Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections,’ which directs the creation of ‘state citizenship lists,’ requiring the DHS to identify confirmed U.S. citizens age 18 and older and share that information with state election officials.

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