President Donald Trump wants to make mail-in ballots and electronic voting machines a thing of the past, calling for these voting methods to be replaced with paper ballots.
“Mail-in ballots are corrupt,” Trump told reporters on Aug. 18 during an Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
During that meeting, he announced that his lawyers were drafting an executive order to end mail-in voting. The move is sure to face challenges in federal court, particularly from states like Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii, where elections are conducted almost entirely by mail.
Experts say the move into federal elections law pushes the limits of his constitutional authority, and that any such changes will likely need congressional approval….
Trump Seeks to Get Rid of Mail-In Ballots: What to Know
