ANNAPOLIS, Md. —

States are examining any potential authority the president would have with his announced intent to issue an executive order to ban voting by mail .

President Donald Trump said Monday on camera and later online that he's "going to lead a movement to get rid of mail-in ballots ... and voting machines," all in an effort to bring, in his words, "honesty" to the 2026 midterm elections. Latest Forecast

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"We, as a Republican Party, are going to do everything possible that we get rid of mail-in ballots," Trump said Monday in the Oval Office.

The president claimed he can ban states from using mail-in-ballots and more because "the states are merely an agent for the federal government in counting

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