Trump vows voter ID executive order for 2026 midterms despite constitutional authority questions

President Trump announced on February 13, 2026 that he would issue an executive order mandating voter ID requirements for the 2026 midterm elections if the SAVE America Act stalled in the Senate. Constitutional law experts and federal judges who had already blocked a March 2025 voter registration proof-of-citizenship order warned that election administration authority under the Times, Places and Manner Clause belongs to states and Congress. Stanford and UCLA law professors publicly stated a presidential voter ID mandate would be unconstitutional.