President Donald Trump vowed to crack down on mail-in ballots ahead of next year’s election, announcing early Monday that he would begin the “movement” by signing an executive order to “help bring HONESTY to the 2026 Midterm Elections.”
Trump has opposed mail-in voting for years after blaming his loss in the 2020 presidential election on the increased use of mail-in ballots during the COVID-19 pandemic. He has pushed unproven claims about widespread voter fraud after his election defeat but his post Monday showed a renewed effort to change election systems across the country.
Trump incorrectly claimed “we are now the only country in the world that uses mail-in voting,” suggesting other countries eliminated the method “because of the MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD ENCOUNTERED.” Several other count