US EditionTrump Vows Executive Order to End Mail-In Ballots and Replace Voting Machines
Trump plans to end mail-in ballots and voting machines citing fraud concerns despite evidence, aiming to change voting methods before 2026 midterms amid expected legal challenges.
- President Donald Trump announced on August 18, 2025, he will sign an executive order to end mail-in ballots and voting machines ahead of next year’s midterms.
- With unproven fraud claims, Trump has long opposed mail-in ballots since the 2020 election, and he renewed his assault after Vladimir Putin discussed the issue at their Alaska summit last week.
- A June report from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission found mail-in ballots made up nearly a third of 2024 votes, down from 43%, with over 99 million Americans voting by mail and no evidence of widespread fraud.
- Voting rights groups and Democratic states filed five lawsuits, while Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer accused Trump of trying “to silence Americans and implement Jim Crow laws across America.”
- Newsweek reported the plan could prompt legal challenges by states with constitutional authority over elections, and voting may look different for older and disabled Americans if Republican-led states abolish mail-in ballots.
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It's Time To Get Rid of Mail-In Ballots
I am going to lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, and also, while we're at it, Highly Inaccurate, Very Expensive, and Seriously Controversial VOTING MACHINES, which cost Ten Times more than accurate and sophisticated Watermark Paper, which is faster, and leaves NO DOUBT, at the end of the evening, as to who WON, and who LOST, the Election.
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