A look at Trump's plans to restrict voting

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Find out on Shortwave, the science podcast from NPR. This is fresh air. I'm Terry Gross. Election season is underway, with primaries today in Texas, North Carolina, and Arkansas. Meanwhile, President Trump is pushing Congress to pass legislation, the SAVE Act, that would change how every American citizen registers to vote and votes.

Predictions are that millions of American citizens would be unable to fill the ID requirements It would cause chaos at the polls, make it chaotic for counties and states overseeing elections, and possibly make it challenging to decipher who really won. But Congress seems unwilling to pass that, so President Trump is threatening to issue an executive order that would do all that and more. My guest Rick Hassen is an expert in election law. He founded the Popular Election Law blog.

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