Hansi Lo Wang

So at this point, this bill still faces really tough odds of becoming law.

I think we should point out also that states already have systems in place to verify voters who are registered aren't eligible, including that they are U.S.

citizens, that their systems already in place.

So it's not like this is creating a system that doesn't exist.

Well, Trump's latest order is calling for the Department of Homeland Security to create these lists of adult U.S.

citizens.

And it's saying agencies should use citizenship and naturalization records, Social Security Administration records and other federal data.

I should note, though, you know, the lawsuits filed so far, they argue these lists that Trump is ordering to be created that they cannot be created.

The lawsuits say and used in time for this year's federal elections, including the primaries, without violating the Privacy Act.

You know, that law requires notifying the public and getting consent ahead of time.

when the public's data is being used by agencies in new ways.

And the Privacy Act requires agencies to make sure the data they release is accurate and complete before they use them to make decisions or releasing them.

And there are a lot of questions about the quality of this federal data that Trump's order is calling to be used to create these lists.

Well, I think to start off with, to be very clear, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, he has no role at the U.S.

Postal Service.

The U.S.

Postal Service is an independent federal agency that's not part of the Commerce Department.

But Secretary Lutnick has talked a lot about the Postal Service, especially

during the first year of the second Trump administration and bringing up talk of potentially taking over the Postal Service and having it under the Commerce Department.

You know, the thing about this order is it's basically saying the Postal Service would have to come up with lists of eligible voters, get input from states on those lists, and make sure that mail-in ballots are only delivered to the people on those lists.