The Trump Administration’s Executive Order puts onerous requirements that restrict the ability of US citizens to access the ballot

Under this Executive Order, military IDs or driver’s licenses would not be sufficient in registering to vote in Georgia through the federal voter registration form

Less than half of Georgians have a current U.S. passport necessary for easily registering to vote under this new executive order

Noncitizen voting is virtually nonexistent; 2024 audit by Georgia Secretary of State found only 9 instances of noncitizen voting out of 8,200,000 registered voters 

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s unlawful effort to place unnecessary and onerous bureaucracy between eligible Georgians and the ballot box.

“Today, bad actors in Washington are working to squeeze people out of their democracy by putting bad faith bureaucratic processes between you and your right to vote. Make no mistake: if you are an eligible Georgia voter without a passport, the President is trying to make it harder for you to vote.

I have always believed that it’s reasonable for voters to have to identify themselves in order to cast a ballot, and I support voter ID policies that don’t unnecessarily burden eligible voters. What I have opposed, and will continue to oppose, is using IDs to target and exclude certain voters by creating another barrier to casting a fair and legal ballot. Bad faith actors want to make voting so hard that even having a driver’s license isn’t enough. This EO is a shameful attempt to disenfranchise eligible Americans. 

“We will fight this. And win.”

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