Trump threatens to end mail-in voting
By: Bart Jansen
USA Today
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said he would sign an executive order to abolish mail-in voting, a move he said Russian President Vladimir Putin support.
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Mail-in voting is a popular option for voters to avoid waiting in line at polling paces on Election Day. Out of 155 million votes cast in 2024, nearly 47 million were mailed in, according to the Election Assistance Commission.
.... But Trump has long railed against mail-in voting, claiming it is vulnerable to fraud - despite election experts, including those in his first administration,s saying that voting has never been more secure.
..... THE MAIL-IN BALLOT HOAX, USING VOTING MACHINES THAT ARE A COMPLETE AND TOTAL DISASTER, MUST END, NOW!!! Trump on social media August 18. [2025] The post came after Trump told Sean Hannity on Fox News on August 15 [2025 that Putin, "smart guy, said you can't have an honest election with mail-in voting."
..... Special House races are pending in Arizona and Tennessee, New Jersey and Virginia will be choosing governors in November this year [2025] and some big-city mayors will be chosen in New York and elsewhere. The whole country will be voting on House races and one-third of the Senate in 2026, and for president in 2028.
..... Not all states track mail-in ballots by party. But among those reporting,about 41% of the ballots were cast by Democrats and 38% by Republicans, according to a report by the council on Foreign Relations.
..... Trump;s opposition to mail-in voting became more aggressive after his 2020 election loss. His campaign aides told Congress that his lead on Election Day was a "red mirage" before absentee ballots were counted and tipped the victory to former President Joe Biden.
..... A major dispute is looming over who runs elections. States traditionally set their own election rules and federal authorities monitor the accuracy of the results, with the federal Justice Department potentially prosecuting fraud.
..... Trump contends that states are "merely an ;agent' for the Federal Government in counting and tabulating the votes."
..... But Joyce Vance White, a former U.S. attorney in Alabama, said Trump was "spewing lies about elections."