Overview

• Trump said he will sign an order to eliminate mail-in ballots and electronic voting machines for the 2026 midterms, adding that lawyers are drafting the measure but offering no text or timeline.
• His assertion that the U.S. is the only country using mail voting is false, with International IDEA reporting at least 34 countries permit postal voting in some form.
• Elections are administered by states under the Constitution, and a similar Trump order issued in March was blocked by federal courts after lawsuits from Democrat-led states.
• Voting-rights groups warn a ban would disenfranchise seniors, people with disabilities, and military and overseas voters, while New York’s attorney general and the Brennan Center signaled opposition; Ohio’s elections office said it will review details.
• Trump cited Vladimir Putin as agreeing that mail voting taints results, even as U.S. courts and election officials have found no evidence of widespread fraud and most U.S. voters already cast paper ballots scanned and audited for accuracy.