A political analyst told Newsweek that the added paperwork requirement "creates an extra administrative barrier."

The Office of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard obtained voting machines from Puerto Rico and probed them for security vulnerabilities, the office said in a statement to CNN on Wednesday.

By Phil Stewart, Erin Banco and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - A team working for President Donald Trump's spy chief, Tulsi Gabbard, last spring led an investigation into Puerto Rico's voting machines,

New Republican proposal would mandate photo ID to vote, require citizenship verification, and limit certain mail voting practices.

House Republicans are proposing sweeping changes to the nation’s voting laws. The package released Thursday is a long-shot priority for President Donald Trump that would mean some stricter requirements before Americans vote in the midterm elections in fall.

President Donald Trump floated the idea that Republicans could consider a more centralized role in administering elections, musing on Monday that the party should “nationalize the voting” as he argued that some states cannot be trusted to oversee elections fairly ahead of the midterm contests.

With the future of Congress and Trump’s legislative agenda on the line, the Honest Elections Project is warning of critical loopholes in the voting system, including a growth in noncitizen voting.

Secretary of State update comes more than two weeks after Macomb County Clerk/Register of Deeds said his office found 239 noncitizens in jury pool.