We very much like Donald Trump’s new executive order to protect the integrity of U.S. elections. It is modeled after many of the reforms our voter integrity expert John Fund has been recommending.

The EO requires government-issued proof of U.S. citizenship for anyone filling out a federal registration form and requires states to clean up their outdated voter rolls if they accept federal election-related grants.

Trump’s order would also require mail-in ballots to be “cast and received” by Election Day. Currently, 18 states and Puerto Rico accept mail-in ballots after Election Day.

But the centerpiece of the executive order is to prevent non-citizens from voting in US elections. Because voter registration is on an honor system, there are few barriers to non-citizen voting.

Progressives bitterly oppose any safeguards against non-citizen voting – for reasons we can only make educated guesses about. In fact, they want to expand such voting. In New York City, they bullied Mayor Eric Adams to allow more than 800,000 noncitizen residents to vote in future elections for mayor and all other city officials. Last week, New York state’s highest court voted 6 to 1 that allowing that was blatantly unconstitutional.

In short, President Trump is determined to drag the United States into the 21st Century when it comes to election protection. He preserves the right of states to conduct their own elections, but sets some minimum standards that people with common sense would agree with. Assuming there is any common sense left in Washington.