US EditionTrump Vows Executive Order to End Mail-In Ballots and Replace Voting Machines
- President Donald Trump announced on August 19, 2025, he will lead a movement to eliminate mail-in ballots and voting machines before the 2026 midterm election.
- Trump's plan follows his repeated claims that mail-in ballots caused massive voting fraud in the 2020 election, despite officials stating voter fraud is rare.
- Local election officials, including Spokane County Auditor Vicky Dalton and Whitman County Elections Auditor Sandy Jamison, warned eliminating mail-in voting would reduce turnout and hurt rural accessibility.
- Trump criticized voting machines as unreliable, costly, and contentious, stating they are priced at ten times the cost of precise and advanced watermark paper ballots, which he asserted provide clear and definitive election results.
- Legal experts anticipate lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of Trump's executive order, and Senate Democrats vowed to block any efforts that restrict voter access.
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