Trump promised Monday to work to end mail-in voting and said work is already underway on an executive order to ban it before the 2026 midterm elections, although the Constitution does not give him this power.
“We, as a Republican Party, are going to do everything possible that we get rid of mail-in ballots,” he said during an Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “We’re going to start with an executive order that’s being written right now by the best lawyers in the country to end mail-in ballots.”
Why are politicians allowed to decide on voting rules on their own? In my country these matters are decided by an Electoral Comission, which is composed of public officials, with varied political affiliations. Changes to major rules must be approved by congress by a qualified majority (2/3 I believe).
Voting is controlled by the states. This is just another example of trump trying to break the laws while threatening a tantrum if he doesn’t get his way.
Who else would do it?
With that said, each state in the US decides how voting is done. Yes there are Federal Laws that mandate things.
I guess Trump can get legislation passed, but we shall see. Trump has been working on Infrastructure for 9 years now….