Trump Pledges Executive Order to Scrap Mail-In Ballots, Voting Machines

## Worthy Christian News > U.S. Politics > Trump Pledges Executive Order to Scrap Mail-In Ballots, Voting Machines

# Trump Pledges Executive Order to Scrap Mail-In Ballots, Voting Machines

__Monday, August 18, 2025 |__Tag Cloud | Learn about our FREE SYNDICATION Service | Sign up for our Worthy Briefs! | Printer Friendly

by Emmitt Barry, with reporting from Washington D.C. Bureau Staff

WASHINGTON (Worthy News) – President Donald Trump announced Monday that he will spearhead a movement to eliminate mail-in ballots and certain voting machines from U.S. elections, declaring that only paper ballots with watermarks can restore honesty to the nation’s voting system.

The president, writing in a lengthy Truth Social post, said the campaign would begin with an executive order aimed at bringing “HONESTY to the 2026 Midterm Elections.”

“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,” Trump wrote. “We will begin this effort, which will be strongly opposed by the Democrats because they cheat at levels never seen before.”

### Key Points: Trump’s Election Plan

* **Executive Order:** Trump pledges to sign an order ahead of the 2026 midterms.
* **Ban Mail-In Ballots:** Says they are vulnerable to fraud and should be scrapped.
* **Remove Voting Machines:** Argues they are inaccurate, expensive, and controversial.
* **Paper Ballots:** Promotes watermarked ballots as faster, cheaper, and more reliable.
* **Constitutional Clash:** Legal experts say states—not the president—control elections.
* **Pushback:** Democrats, ACLU, and state officials vow to resist.

“This leaves NO DOUBT … as to who WON, and who LOST, the Election.” – President Trump

## **Push Against Mail-In Ballots and Machines**

Trump reiterated his longstanding claim that mail-in ballots are vulnerable to fraud and suggested that electronic voting machines are unreliable and costly.

“I am going to l