Trump Officials Changed Forms for Overseas Voters Amid a GOP Push to Restrict Voting
The Pentagon said the update will reduce voter confusion as it reinterprets federal law and changes how overseas citizens certify eligibility.
- On Thursday, the Democratic National Committee sued the Trump administration over the Pentagon's emergency removal of the 'never-resided' checkbox from federal absentee voting forms used by U.S. citizens born abroad.
- Pentagon official Sean O'Keefe, deputy under secretary for personnel and readiness, claimed the change was necessary to 'eliminate voter confusion,' even as Republican legal efforts to restrict never-resided voting continue in states including Arizona and Michigan.
- While 38 states and Washington, D.C. permit never-resided citizens to vote, the checkbox removal leaves only two response options requiring a sworn declaration of intent to return, potentially affecting eligible voters during this year's midterm elections.
- DNC Chair Ken Martin accused Republicans of attempting to 'eliminate the way some American citizens abroad register,' while the Pentagon stated states can still process older form versions to verify voter eligibility.
- Legal challenges regarding never-resided voters continue in at least five other states beyond Michigan, creating uncertainty for the estimated 2.2 million Americans abroad as the September 19 deadline for mailing midterm ballots approaches.
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(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Lee Yu-mi = Ahead of the November midterm elections, the Donald Trump administration [is] registering voters and absentee voting for its citizens residing overseas...
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Hansi Lo Wang for NPR: The Trump administration has made last-minute changes to key absentee-voting forms for U.S. citizens living abroad, raising concerns about confusing some overseas voters during this year’s midterm elections. The revisions to two forms came in… Continue reading The post “Trump officials changed forms for overseas voters amid a GOP push to restrict voting” appeared first on Election Law Blog.
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