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Executive Order 14248: Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections

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What the order contains

Section headings exactly as they appear in the official text.

  • Sec. 1. Purpose and Policy
  • Sec. 2. Enforcing the Citizenship Requirement for Federal Elections
  • Sec. 3. Providing Other Assistance to States Verifying Eligibility
  • Sec. 4. Improving the Election Assistance Commission
  • Sec. 5. Prosecuting Election Crimes
  • Sec. 6. Improving Security of Voting Systems
  • Sec. 7. Compliance with Federal Law Setting the National Election Day
  • Sec. 8. Preventing Foreign Interference and Unlawful Use of Federal Funds
  • Sec. 9. Federal Actions to Address Executive Order 14019
  • Sec. 10. Severability
  • Sec. 11. General Provisions

Section 1, quoted from the order

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Despite pioneering self- government, the United States now fails to enforce basic and necessary election protections employed by modern, developed nations, as well as those still developing. India and Brazil, for example, are tying voter identification to a biometric database, while the United States largely relies on self-attestation for citizenship. In tabulating votes, Germany and Canada require use of paper ballots, counted in public by local officials, which substantially reduces the number of disputes as compared to the American patchwork of voting methods that can lead to basic chain-of-custody problems. […]

Federal Register notes

See: EO 14019, March 7, 2021; EO 14148, January 20, 2025

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Sources

  1. Federal Register: 90 FR 14005
  2. Official PDF (GovInfo)
  3. Federal Register API (Office of the Federal Register / GPO)