US EditionTrump’s War on Mail-in Voting Could Boomerang on GOP
Trump aims to end mail-in voting by executive order despite courts ruling he lacks authority; over 130,000 mail-in ballots were requested for the 2024 election, officials said.
- During a White House discussion with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday, President Donald Trump criticized mail-in voting, claiming it is susceptible to corruption.
- Trump's ongoing claims of fraud follow his 2020 election loss and contradict constitutional experts who confirm states and Congress, not the president, control elections.
- Election officials highlight that mail ballots undergo strong verification processes, including signature checks by deputized workers, and that multiple ballots to a voter are prevented from being counted.
- More than 80 percent of California voters utilized mail-in ballots in the 2024 election, illustrating the method's popularity, while fraud claims remain unsupported, with fewer than 475 potential cases found in battleground states in 2020.
- Trump plans an executive order aiming to end mail voting before the 2026 midterms, but legal experts say such actions face court challenges and risk disrupting voters reliant on mail ballots.
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Adams: Executive order aimed at eliminating mail-in ballots, voting machines "won't impact KY directly"
President Donald Trump pledged to issue an executive order aimed at eliminating mail-in ballots and voting machines ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. This comes as the Department of Justice has sent broad requests for voter rolls to states, including Kentucky.Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams says Trump's proposed changes wouldn't significantly impact the Commonwealth's voting procedures."It won't impact Kentucky directly," Adams said…
White House claims scrapping mail-in ballots will make it easier to vote
The White House claims that scrapping mail-in ballots will make it easier for people to vote. Responding to a question about Donald Trump’s plan to issue an executive order to “eliminate” mail-in-voting on Tuesday (19 August), Karoline Leavitt said the US president “wants to make it easier for Americans to vote and harder for people to cheat”. She said she finds it “mind-boggling” that Democrats are opposed to Trump’s plans to “ensure election i…
Trump says he wants to end mail-in voting
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - There's a new push to end mail-in voting coming from the White House. President Donald Trump is pledging to get rid of the popular election option because he argues it's rife with fraud. He says his lawyers are working on an executive order to stop mail in voting. "You can never have a real democracy with mail-in ballots. And we as a Republican party are going to do everything possible that we get rid of mail in ballot,” s…
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