Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections

The framing section. States the policy rationale: only citizens may vote in federal elections, existing federal statutes already criminalize non-citizen voting, and unique ballot-envelope identifiers (like bar codes) are presented as the enforcement mechanism the rest of the order builds on.

The data-sharing and enforcement-priority section. Directs DHS (through USCIS, with SSA) to compile a citizenship list for each state from federal records and transmit it to state election officials before each federal election, and directs the Attorney General to prioritize prosecuting officials who issue ballots to people deemed ineligible.

The mail-ballot section, and the one that changes how voting by mail works. Orders the Postmaster General to propose rules requiring all ballot mail to use barcoded official envelopes, and barring USPS from transmitting a mail ballot unless the voter is enrolled on a state participation list filed with USPS in advance.

The logistics section. Assigns who does the work: DHS builds the citizenship-list infrastructure within 90 days, SSA supplies the data, and the Attorney General issues compliance guidance to election officials and ballot printers.

The teeth. Authorizes withholding federal funds from noncompliant states where the law allows, refers violations to the Justice Department, and tells states to preserve election-participation records (like ballot envelopes) for five years.

Boilerplate insurance: if a court strikes down one part of the order, the rest is meant to survive.

Standard closing boilerplate: preserves existing agency authority, conditions everything on appropriations, and disclaims any enforceable rights for private parties.