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Trump Administration Plans Database to Block Mail-In Voting

5/15/2026

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s White House is coordinating with Justice Department, Homeland Security and the Postal Service to create a database for his anti-mail-in voting.
Attorney Stephen Pezzi told Carl J. Nichols the case is early because the voter list is not yet created.
Groups say the plan violates the Constitution’s allocation of election authority to states, and Pezzi warned it could purge voters, citing Texas’s removal of 2,700 registrants.

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s White House is coordinating with Justice Department, Homeland Security and the Postal Service to create a database for his anti-mail-in voting.
Attorney Stephen Pezzi told Carl J. Nichols the case is early because the voter list is not yet created.
Groups say the plan violates the Constitution’s allocation of election authority to states, and Pezzi warned it could purge voters, citing Texas’s removal of 2,700 registrants.