Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson is seeking clarification after President Donald Trump ramped up rhetoric about banning mail-in voting and voting machines ahead of the 2026 midterms.

“Did the ‘vote by mail’ [premise] mean these states, like Oregon and others, who have all vote by mail. Like, that’s how you vote — by mail — or did he mean in states like Mississippi, where it’s very limited, less than 3% of the turnout is by mail?” Watson inquired after Trump announced his intentions to bar the two voting platforms earlier this week.

“When you look at his machine piece, did he mean these DRE machines that most states have now gotten rid of, or did he mean the optical scanners that actually count the paper ballots? We’re still a little bit in flux here, trying to find out what

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