Trump signs executive order for crackdown on mail-in voting ahead of mid-term election

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to crack down on mail-in voting, escalating his push to restrict a popular way of casting ballots in US elections. Trump’s executive order follows repeated attacks by the 79-year-old Republican on US elections, based on his disproven conspiracy theories about supposed cheating by his Democratic opponents. It was unclear whether Trump has authority to impose the measures and legal challenges are almost certain, with a possib...