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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Joseph Gedeon in Washington and Sam Levine in New York

Trump signs executive order that will upend US voter registration processes

close up of a pair of hands holding a phone over a QR code on a sticker that reads 'register to vote here'
A person scans a QR code in order to register to vote in Maryland last year. Photograph: Jeffrey F Bill/The Baltimore Sun via Getty Images

Donald Trump has signed a far-reaching executive order that promises to fundamentally disrupt American voter registration processes, introducing measures so restrictive they could in effect disenfranchise millions of citizens if enacted.

Described by Will Scharf, the White House staff secretary, on Tuesday as “the farthest-reaching executive action taken” in the nation’s history, the order represents the latest in a long list of assaults against immigration, but also on current voting systems.

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