Next Up on the Trump Agenda: Let's Get Rid of Mail-in Ballots and Voting Machines
By Becky Noble | 2:36 PM on August 18, 2025
It's a privilege few around the world enjoy: fair and honest elections where the people decide who will lead their country. For almost 250 years, Americans have fought and died to ensure that right. Granted, no election is completely free from fraud, and in recent years, certain events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, have made it easier for those who want to cheat to do so. The results of past elections will continue to be debated, which should be enough reason to ensure that there is no question about the results of future elections.
The integrity of those future elections is next on the Trump agenda.
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On Monday, President Donald Trump announced he would be signing an executive order that would prohibit mail-in ballots and voting machines in the run-up to the 2026 midterm elections. He wrote on Truth Social:
"I am going to lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, and also, while we’re at it, Highly 'Inaccurate,' Very Expensive, and Seriously Controversial VOTING MACHINES, which cost Ten Times more than accurate and sophisticated Watermark Paper, which is faster, and leaves NO DOUBT, at the end of the evening, as to who WON, and who LOST, the Election."
The president added that, "We are now the only Country in the World that uses Mail-In Voting." He also predicted what we already know: that the fight against ensuring election integrity will come from Democrats. He said the effort would be "strongly opposed by the Democrats because they cheat at levels never seen before."
https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2025/08/18/next-up-on-the-trump-agenda-no-more-mail-in-ballots-and-voting-machines-for-fair-and-honest-elections-n2192937#google_vignette