Trump says he will sign order targeting mail-in ballots, voting machines ahead of 2026 elections

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-will-sign-order-targeting-mail-in-ballots-voting-machines-ahead-2025-08-18/

40 comments

  1. Elections are a state function. Time for the 10th Amendment.

  2. This is not a power he has. The Constitution explicitly reserves voting as a state function. But, who am I kidding? Trump doesn’t let a thing like the law stop him.

  4. Geez, spare us the foreplay and just say that you will only accept a victory or you will shit all over America’s 250 years old democracy and its institutions like you always do.

  6. They always wanted to ban mail-in ballots. You can intimidate and harass democrat voters , especially in districts with minority and immigrant populations. ICE standing outside voting booths, asking for your identification “randomly” is the Texas model which GOP & Trump wants in entire country.

  7. Mail-in voting has been his biggest enemy since it cost him the 2020 election. He genuinely thought he had gotten away with something until he realized he couldn’t manipulate the data from mail-in votes.

  8. So….no voting for soldiers stationed overseas, or Americans living outside the US? Or is somehow this kind of mail-in voting safe?

    Because if mail-in voting isn’t safe, I expect he won’t allow it anywhere, for any reason….right?

  9. >”Remember, the States are merely an “agent” for the Federal Government in counting and tabulating the votes. They must do what the Federal Government, as represented by the President of the United States, tells them, FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COUNTRY, to do,” Trump wrote.

    He thinks he’s a dictator.

  10. “WE WILL BEGIN THIS EFFORT, WHICH WILL BE STRONGLY OPPOSED BY THE DEMOCRATS BECAUSE THEY CHEAT AT LEVELS NEVER SEEN BEFORE, by signing an EXECUTIVE ORDER to help bring HONESTY to the 2026 Midterm Elections,”

    Hey Donald, that couldn’t be projection? Could it?

  11. >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. We are now the only Country in the World that uses Mail-In Voting. All others gave it up because of the MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD ENCOUNTERED. WE WILL BEGIN THIS EFFORT, WHICH WILL BE STRONGLY OPPOSED BY THE DEMOCRATS BECAUSE THEY CHEAT AT LEVELS NEVER SEEN BEFORE, by signing an EXECUTIVE ORDER to help bring HONESTY to the 2026 Midterm Elections. Remember, the States are merely an “agent” for the Federal Government in counting and tabulating the votes. They must do what the Federal Government, as represented by the President of the United States, tells them, FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COUNTRY, to do. With their HORRIBLE Radical Left policies, like Open Borders, Men Playing in Women’s Sports, Transgender and “WOKE” for everyone, and so much more, Democrats are virtually Unelectable without using this completely disproven Mail-In SCAM. ELECTIONS CAN NEVER BE HONEST WITH MAIL IN BALLOTS/VOTING, and everybody, IN PARTICULAR THE DEMOCRATS, KNOWS THIS. I, AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, WILL FIGHT LIKE HELL TO BRING HONESTY AND INTEGRITY BACK TO OUR ELECTIONS. THE MAIL-IN BALLOT HOAX, USING VOTING MACHINES THAT ARE A COMPLETE AND TOTAL DISASTER, MUST END, NOW!!! REMEMBER, WITHOUT FAIR AND HONEST ELECTIONS, AND STRONG AND POWERFUL BORDERS, YOU DON’T HAVE EVEN A SEMBLANCE OF A COUNTRY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!!! DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

    We’re fucked.

  12. I can’t believe I’m living through this.

    I’ve lost any remaining faith in the GOP. I hope they NEVER gain a majority again in government – where are the principles they claim to hold dear? Oh, right, the Tea Party crushed any candidates that had integrity.

    Just because I disagree with policies of one person or another doesn’t mean I can’t also have respect for them…but the current GOP doesn’t have any “currency” left – I just assume the prince of lies is whispering through their mouths, it’s what they’ve EARNED.

    P.S. release the Epstein files like you PROMISED G.O.P.!!!

  14. What’s the count now on EOs that are invalid because said EO contains something that is actually up to congress? Is there any site or journalist tracking this?

  15. Trump has no say over how states run elections. And SCOTUS has bolstered states rights again and again. So this is just bullying and intimidation on behalf of Putin.

  19. “Republicans will ban military from voting” would be the headline on FOX News if Democrats did this.

  20. So he definitely got his orders and advice from Putin in Alaska.

    No mail-in voting, so fewer people can vote due to taking time off work, and hard to get to polling places. Voting machines gone, hand counting only, which will lead to more mistakes and a longer time for results to be known. Gives them more time to file complaints etc.

    State deadlines for results will probably not be long enough, which could mean lots of votes not being counted at all. I am sure the Republicans will push a lot of money into their state’s election counting, but try and stop Blue states from doing the same.

    So much for the states having control over their election processes.

  21. Trump did say that if he got elected again, we wouldn’t ever need to vote again.

  22. Our current president is just issuing decrees now, and 90% of Republicans have absolutely no problem with this.

  23. Ivanka has Chinese patents on voting machines. Convenient.

  24. I live overseas…if I cannot vote I’m never paying my taxes again

  25. Flip the fucking tables and chairs over America! The Nazis invaded their own country first!

  26. Completely unamerican. Unacceptable. Get him out now.

  27. Well, Daddy Putin said mail-in ballots are bad, so….

    No wonder Putin was smiling the whole time in Alaska.

  29. Can’t manipulate those mail-in ballots as easy, can you? Fucking cheating POS.

  30. I can’t wait until the day that I no longer have to give a shit about Donald Fucking Trump.

  31. Trump leaves meeting with Putin…immediately starts an effort to repress democracy in the US.

  33. Roses are red, violets are blue, we see it Donnie, Putin owns you.

  34. He is a pedo and Americans love him. Americans voted him in twice. And he is a pedo. A child raping pedo. And they love him.

  35. > “WE WILL BEGIN THIS EFFORT, WHICH WILL BE STRONGLY OPPOSED BY THE DEMOCRATS BECAUSE THEY CHEAT AT LEVELS NEVER SEEN BEFORE, by signing an EXECUTIVE ORDER to help bring HONESTY to the 2026 Midterm Elections,” he added.

    Yes, Dems cheat so hard they keep losing for some reason.

  36. Here’s their game. There are three suppliers. One supplier had a ton of weird stuff in both the 2020 and 2024 elections all favoring Republicans.

    They still lost in 2020, and since they cheated, they figured the Democrats also cheated using the Dominion system (they didn’t). Dominion was not compromised which is why they sued.

    Now, you can bet Dominion will be phased out. Mark my words.

  38. We told you, we fucking told you this was the plan the whole time. supress the vote so they can cheat their way in to power forever. Christian Nationalists, Magats and Republicans will destroy this country for the next 20 years. Please call your senators and house reps and scream this outrage folks, do no go quitely.

    This is the most unconstitutional executive order that has he done so far. He wants to take away your vote because he won’t win the midterms and he knows it, so the only way is to rig the fucking game.

  39. Another useless EO that is unconstitutional as it violates state’s rights. I expect the ring kissing governors to fully implement this or their state legislators to change state constitutions to ban mail in voting measures.

  40. After moving from a state without mail-in ballots to one that uses them, my biggest takeaway is how much better the experience is. Instead of standing in line and feeling rushed, I can sit at my computer and really research the candidates and initiatives. That extra time matters, especially when initiatives are written in confusing or misleading ways. Having the chance to slow down and make informed decisions creates a more intelligent voting populace.

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