On March 31, President Trump issued a new executive order on citizenship records and mail‑in ballots entitled “Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections.” The order has nothing to do with election integrity — the name is like “Newspeak,” Orwell’s fictional language for a totalitarian state. It is an unlawful attempt to seize control of how Alaskans vote and to make an error‑ridden federal database the gatekeeper of our ballots.
Ever since statehood Alaska…
Trump’s latest elections order is an unlawful assault on Alaska’s elections
On March 31, President Trump issued a new executive order on citizenship records and mail‑in ballots entitled “Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections.” The order has nothing to do with election integrity — the name is like “Newspeak,” Orwell’s fictional language for a totalitarian state. It is an unlawful attempt to seize control of how Alaskans vote and to make an error‑ridden federal database the gatekeeper of our ballots.
Ever since statehood Alaska…
Bruce Botelho
Botelho served as Alaska's attorney general under both Govs. Wally Hickel and Tony Knowles. He also served four terms as mayor of Juneau, where he was born and currently resides. More by Bruce Botelho