Homeland Security retreats on plan to harvest data on millions of mail-in voters under Trump executive order

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has retreated from a plan to collect data on mail-in voters under President Donald Trump’s executive order, citing a memo that places the initiative in early stages and contingent on a new U.S. Postal Service rule. The executive order, which requires states to submit mail voter lists to the Postal Service and directs DHS to compile voting-age citizen data, faces ongoing lawsuits but has not been paused by a federal judge.