Overview

• Trump wrote on Truth Social that he will lead a movement to eliminate mail-in ballots and certain electronic voting machines and pledged to sign a decree aimed at the 2026 midterms without releasing details.
• He said Vladimir Putin told him the 2020 race was rigged because of mail voting and claimed the United States is the only country using it, a statement contradicted by reporting that many nations use postal ballots.
• Challenging long-standing practice, Trump argued states are merely an agent for the federal government in counting votes and must follow presidential directives.
• A separate decree signed in March to restrict mail voting and tighten state voter-roll checks drew sharp criticism from election-law scholars, including Rick Hasen, and civil-society groups announced plans to contest it in court.
• Recent data cited by L’Express from a New York Times analysis found Republicans made sizable gains via mail ballots in 2024, complicating claims that mail voting systematically favors Democrats.