The following is a statement from Verified Voting. For additional press inquiries, please contact press@verifiedvoting.org
PHILADELPHIA (April 1, 2026) — In response yesterday’s executive order, Ensuring Citizenship Verification And Integrity In Federal Elections, Verified Voting’s President & CEO Pamela Smith released the following statement:
“Yesterday’s executive order, like the one before it, is both unlawful and unworkable. Its purpose is unmistakable: to sow doubt about an election process that has served the American voters reliably for decades. The order imagines a problem that does not exist and then proposes a federal ‘fix’ that the president has no authority to impose. States already run ballot handling effectively, transparently, and in full compliance with long‑standing law. This directive does nothing to support election administration, it only harms it.”
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