TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — President Trump announced his plans to sign an executive order to eliminate mail-in ballots ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. This move has reignited fierce debate surrounding voting by mail, and Florida Democrats are fighting back, challenging the president's constitutional authority. "We're going to start with an executive order that's being written right now by the best lawyers in the country, to end mail-in ballots," Trump said from the Oval Office.
The president posted on Truth Social Monday morning saying, "ELECTIONS CAN NEVER BE HONEST WITH MAIL IN BALLOTS/VOTING, and everybody, IN PARTICULAR THE DEMOCRATS, KNOWS THIS." "We would get secure elections; we get much faster results of machines. I mean they say we're going to have the results in two weeks,