National: Election officials question federal plan for online voter registration form | Carrie Levine/Votebeat
State election officials are raising legal and practical concerns about a new Trump administration plan to create a digital version of the existing federal voter registration form. Under the proposal, the federal government would both verify voter identity and check citizenship against a system run by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security before making the applications available to states. The proposal — discussed on recent calls between the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, federal officials working to design the new tool, and state officials — would for the first time allow the federal voter registration form to be filed online. Currently, voters must submit the form on paper. Most states are required to accept the federal registration form, just as they would their own state-specific forms. Read Article