Overview

• The president announced on Truth Social that he plans to ban mail-in ballots and electronic voting machines, calling for watermarked paper ballots counted on election night.
• He asserted that states are agents of the federal government for vote counting, a claim election experts dispute as contrary to state authority over elections.
• A similar March executive order targeting mail-ballot rules was blocked by a federal judge, and attorneys general and rights groups signal immediate litigation if a new ban is issued.
• Trump cited Vladimir Putin as agreeing that mail voting makes elections dishonest, while international data show dozens of countries allow postal voting.
• Election officials and researchers report no evidence of widespread fraud from mail voting, and advocates warn a ban could disenfranchise seniors, people with disabilities, rural voters and military families.