US EditionTrump Intensifies Campaign Against Mail-in Voting
Facing legal limits on executive orders, Trump plans to seek congressional legislation to ban mail-in voting and voting machines amid claims of widespread election fraud.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social attacking mail-in voting and voting machines, vowing to issue an executive order banning both nationwide.
- The America First Policy Institute declared it supports Trump to restore voter confidence and end what supporters call a mail-in ballot "scheme", while Trump framed mail-in voting as central to his Monday post.
- After quick legal pushback, the White House shifted, with Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary, saying the administration would seek legislation rather than executive action to restrict voting.
- The administration has directed federal government departments to collect state voter registration data and has sent federal troops into American cities, with a prospect of deploying ICE and other federal agents into Philadelphia or Milwaukee around Election Day.
- Legal experts warned Trump lacks authority to unilaterally control elections, as Congress alone regulates federal election rules; critics say his goal is to delegitimize losses by claiming Democrats cheat.
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Trump Seeks to Get Rid of Mail-In Ballots: What to Know
President Donald Trump wants to make mail-in ballots and electronic voting machines a thing of the past, calling for these voting methods to be replaced with paper ballots. “Mail-in ballots are corrupt,” Trump told reporters on Aug. 18 during an Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. During that meeting, he announced that his lawyers were drafting an executive order to end mail-in voting. The move is sure to face chall…
Mail-in voting ban could affect 1/3 of voters in Tazewell County, official says
PEKIN, Ill. (WMBD) -- President Donald Trump’s proposal to ban mail-in ballots and restrict the use of voting machines has sparked debate across the country. Here in Illinois, one local election official says many of Trump's demands are already in place in his county, and any change could have little effect here. Illinois already meets many standards Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman explained that Illinois already requires paper ballots and s…
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