https://www.governing.com/politics/states-brace-for-new-federal-limits-on-mail-voting
One portion of the order demands the postmaster general enact new restrictions on mailed ballots and not transmit ballots from states that refuse to provide the names of absentee voters. The U.S. Postal Service, despite its status as an independent corporation, has put forward a proposal in line with the order to require states to submit lists of voters before mailing ballots.
Now, Homeland Security is responding to another part of the order that requires the creation of lists of voting-age citizens in every state, which the Trump administration calls state citizenship lists. State election officials would receive the lists, which they could compare to their voter rolls in a search for noncitizen voters.
Homeland Securitys plans for the citizenship lists came into focus on June 5, when the U.S. Department of Justice filed a notice in federal court that briefly outlines the administrations plans. The notice describes a two-part effort by Homeland Security and its subsidiary agency, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, to comply with the order.
First, Homeland Security will implement a State Voter Roll Verification that allows state election officials to submit their voter rolls to the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, system.
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