FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) — President Donald Trump pledged to issue an executive order aimed at eliminating mail-in ballots and voting machines ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. This comes as the Department of Justice has sent broad requests for voter rolls to states, including Kentucky.

Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams says Trump's proposed changes wouldn't significantly impact the Commonwealth's voting procedures.

"It won't impact Kentucky directly," Adams said.

"Number one - we don't vote by mail. We vote in person. And number two - we don't have voting machines, as I think the president was referring to. We have paper ballots in Kentucky that we vote on by a pen," Adams said.

While some states conduct most of their voting by mail, Kentucky does not. According to Adams, on

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