Today, Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement:

“President Trump has no constitutional authority to change election law by executive order. This is an unlawful effort to suppress the right to vote. No matter what the President says, there is no proof of widespread voter fraud in our elections.

“While this Executive Order is challenged in the courts, I will work with my colleagues in Congress to safeguard our democracy and promote free and fair elections this fall and in the future.”

Yesterday, President Trump issued an executive order directing his administration to create lists of U.S. citizens eligible to vote in each state and blocking the U.S. Postal Service from delivering mail-in ballots to individuals not on those lists. Since 2012, Washington state law has allowed every election to be conducted entirely by mail, with the state mailing a ballot to each active registered voter.

Rep. Larsen is an advocate for free and fair elections, expanding access to the ballot and Washington state’s vote-by-mail system. In 2023, he introduced legislation to protect U.S. citizens who face disenfranchisement because of restrictive voter identification laws (America Votes Act).

Rep. Larsen is a co-founder of the Congressional Voting Rights Caucus.

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