Miles Parks

Republicans in the House did pass a law this week aimed at similar new requirements, but it's not expected to overcome a Senate filibuster.

Still, in a social media post, Trump said there would be new voter ID requirements for the midterms, quote, whether approved by Congress or not.

Miles Parks, NPR News, Washington.

Section 1, Article 4 of the Constitution is clear.

States are in charge of administering the, quote, times, places, and manner of holding elections, with the only exception being if Congress steps in to make a nationwide law.

But for his entire presidency, Trump has been trying to push that boundary in different ways.

He's already had one executive order on voting blocked by the courts.

Now he's promising another one,

to force states to add new document requirements for people to cast ballots.

Republicans in the House did pass a law this week aimed at similar new requirements, but it's not expected to overcome a Senate filibuster.

Still, in a social media post, Trump said there would be new voter ID requirements for the midterms, quote, whether approved by Congress or not.

Miles Parks, NPR News, Washington.

Hey there, it is the NPR Politics Podcast for Tuesday, February 11th, 2026.

I'm Miles Parks.

I cover voting.

And today on the show, it's another edition of our Swing Voter series.

We're checking in monthly with voters who voted for Joe Biden in 2020 and switched to Donald Trump in 2024 to see how they're feeling about everything right now.

We heard from swing voters in Pennsylvania last month.

You can go find that show earlier in the feed.

But today we're going to Arizona.