President Donald Trump on Aug. 18 vowed to end mail-in voting, posting in an all-caps message on Truth Social that he would "begin this effort" by signing an executive order ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

“We’re going to end mail-in voting," Trump also told reporters Aug. 18 in the Oval Office. "It’s a fraud."

The president also criticized the election system in an Aug. 15 interview on Fox News, referring to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin as a “smart guy, said you can’t have an honest election with mail-in voting.”

"Now Donald Trump is taking advice from Vladimir Putin on how to conduct elections?" wrote U.S Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on X . "How about Trump ask voters here in Oregon and other states with vote-by-mail how it’s long been proven as a secure, effective & easy w

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