“Also, No Mail-In Voting, Except For Those That Are Very Ill, And The Far Away Military,” he added.
This announcement comes as Trump seeks to overhaul the US electoral system, driven by false claims that his 2020 loss to Democratic President Joe Biden was the result of widespread fraud. The president and his Republican allies have also made baseless claims about widespread voting by non-citizens, which is illegal and rarely occurs.
For years, Trump has called for an end to electronic voting machines, instead pushing for the use of paper ballots and hand counts. Election officials, however, argue that this process is time-consuming, costly, and far less accurate than machine counting.
In March of this year, Trump signed a sweeping executive order that included requirements for providing proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections and for all ballots to be received by Election Day.
In April, a judge blocked parts of that order, including the proof-of-citizenship requirement. The judge stated that the US Constitution gives the power to regulate federal elections to states and Congress, not the president.
Meanwhile, Trump has pledged to issue another executive order to end the use of mail-in ballots and voting machines ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The elections on November 3, 2026, will be the first nationwide referendum on Trump’s domestic and foreign policies since he returned to power in January. Democrats will be seeking to break the Republicans’ grip on both the House of Representatives and the Senate to block Trump’s domestic agenda.
