Trump cuts measures that increased popular participation in elections

The order also mandated updates to the federal vote.gov website, including ensuring that voting information was available in more than a dozen languages.

Arguing that the law exceeded federal power over states, Republican and Trump-allied governments in Missouri, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Texas went to court to try to overturn the initiative. Republican states insisted that the initiative violated state sovereignty, as well as usurping Congress’s powers to regulate federal elections.

In October 2024, on the eve of the election, the American Judiciary overturned all lawsuits initiated by Trump supporters.

Now, Trump has decided to suspend all voting-related initiatives while insisting, without evidence, that the 2020 election was stolen. The president also marked his return to power by amnesty 1,500 people involved in the invasion of the Capitol, on January 6, 2021. At that time, the protests aimed to prevent the Senate from certifying Joe Biden’s victory. Investigations concluded that Trump had a direct role in the acts.

Now, the new president’s initiative, although it was not commented on in the White House, was celebrated by Republican allies.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose made his satisfaction clear. “The Biden administration’s attempt to use federal resources for partisan election activities has threatened to undermine the integrity and neutrality of our election processes,” he said. “I was proud to fight against this federal overreach and I commend President Trump’s decisive action to affirm his administration’s commitment to transparent and fair elections,” he said.