[Bruce Campbells Chin]

It's hard to find a clear explanation of exactly what this order does. The states do have a point -- even if the federal government does have a role in elections, that normally would come from Congress. An Executive Order is limited in what it can accomplish because an Executive Order is just an order to federal employees. An EO can't actually order state governments or state government employees to do anything.

[Pete Dovgan]

An EO can’t actually order state governments or state government employees to do anything.

I was thinking about this. It can’t order the states to do Voter ID, Citizenship requirements, or voting eligibility requirements, or verification. It can block Federal funds to states that don’t.

Then I considered that the ‘enforcement’ of any law in the US is ultimately based upon the executive. So, technically, Trump can issue an E.O. and enforce said E.O.