White House officials said Wednesday that President Donald Trump is committed to making sure overseas and out-of-state military ballots are still counted in upcoming elections, even while he pushes for significant changes in how states handle mail-in voting procedures.
But administration officials would not say what protections will be put in place for mail-in military voting rules , which impact more than 1 million active-duty service members each election cycle.
In a social media post Monday, Trump vowed to “get rid of mail-in ballots,” claiming they are used to commit widespread voter fraud. Multiple past independent reviews of state mail-in voting procedures and results do not support that claim.
The president also insisted in the post that “we are now the only country in the w