Overview

• Trump announced on Truth Social that he will push to eliminate mail-in ballots and electronic voting machines ahead of the next midterm elections, repeating unsubstantiated fraud claims and falsely asserting the United States is unique in using mail voting.
• He declared that states are merely agents of the federal government and must follow his directives on vote counting, a position election-law scholars describe as incorrect under the Constitution.
• He said an executive order is being drafted now, but no text or implementation details have been released and voting-rights groups and legal analysts anticipate immediate court challenges.
• Mail voting remains widely used in the United States, with roughly 30% of ballots cast by mail in 2024 — nearly 47 million — and independent research finding the method secure.
• Trump tied his push to views he said he shared with Russia’s Vladimir Putin during their Alaska meeting and later reiterated the plan during a White House session with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky.