--- title: Trump Makes False Claims About Mail-In Ballots While Announcing Plans to End the Voting Method | TIME description: President Donald Trump has said he is preparing an executive order to “get rid of” mail-in ballots and voting machines before the 2026 midterm elections—and he’s spreading misinformation on social media about the voting methods ahead of time. During a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House Monday, Trump criticized mail-in ballots as “corrupt” and undemocratic. canonical: https://time.com/video/ztOLr6U6/ og:title: Trump Makes False Claims About Mail-In Ballots While Announcing Plans to End the Voting Method og:description: President Donald Trump has said he is preparing an executive order to “get rid of” mail-in ballots and voting machines before the 2026 midterm elections—and he’s spreading misinformation on social media about the voting methods ahead of time. During a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House Monday, Trump criticized mail-in ballots as “corrupt” and undemocratic. og:url: https://time.com/video/ztOLr6U6/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ztOLr6U6/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Makes False Claims About Mail-In Ballots While Announcing Plans to End the Voting Method twitter:description: President Donald Trump has said he is preparing an executive order to “get rid of” mail-in ballots and voting machines before the 2026 midterm elections—and he’s spreading misinformation on social media about the voting methods ahead of time. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Trump Makes False Claims About Mail-In Ballots While Announcing Plans to End the Voting Method [Watch (HLS stream): Trump Makes False Claims About Mail-In Ballots While Announcing Plans to End the Voting Method](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ztOLr6U6.m3u8) (2:36)  _Published 2025-08-18. President Donald Trump has said he is preparing an executive order to “get rid of” mail-in ballots and voting machines before the 2026 midterm elections—and he’s spreading misinformation on social media about the voting methods ahead of time. During a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House Monday, Trump criticized mail-in ballots as “corrupt” and undemocratic._ --- Aug 18, 2025 11:20 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Americans Cast Midterm Ballots at Record Rates](/video/BKwn3ZE9/) ### Americans Cast Midterm Ballots at Record Rates [Official Vote Count Continues Nationwide as Donald Trump Falsely Claims a Win From The White House](/video/McTtjtLm/) ### Official Vote Count Continues Nationwide as Donald Trump Falsely Claims a Win From The White House [In Abrupt Reversal, Trump Encourages Vote By Mail in Key Battleground State Florida](/video/4TsVIM7z/) ### In Abrupt Reversal, Trump Encourages Vote By Mail in Key Battleground State Florida --- ## Transcript Mail in ballots are corrupt. Mail in ballots. You can never have a real democracy with mail in ballots, and we as a Republican Party are going to do everything possible that we get rid of mail in ballots. 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 because they're corrupt. And, uh, you know, that we're the only country in the world. I believe I may be wrong, but just about the only country in the world that uses them because of what's happened. Massive fraud all over the place. The other thing we want change are the machines. Uh, for all of the money they spend, it's approximately ten times more expensive than paper ballots. And paper ballots are very sophisticated with the watermark paper and everything else. We would get secure elections. We'd get much faster results. The machines, I mean, they say we're going to have the results in two weeks with paper ballots. You have the results that night. Most people almost, but most people, many countries use paper ballots. It's the most secure form. So between paper ballots, very, very important paper ballots. And I think maybe even more important, the mail in voting, we're going to end mail in voting. It's a fraud. If you have mail in even Jimmy Carter with this commission, they set it up. He said the one thing about mail in voting you will never have an honest election if you have mail in. And it's time that the Republicans get tough and stop it because the Democrats want it. It's the only way they can get elected. I hate to take your time with this, but I'm glad you asked me that question. We're going to stop mail in ballots because it's corrupt. You know, when you go to a voting booth and you do it the right way and you go to a state that runs it properly? You go in. They even ask me they asked me for my license plate for identify. I said, I don't know if I have it. They said, sir, you have to have it. I was very impressed actually. But it's very hard to cheat with mail in voting. As you know what happens in California, it's so corrupt where some people get five, six, seven ballots delivered to them. Now we got to stop mail in voting, and the Republicans have to lead the charge. The Democrats want it because they have horrible policy. If you have mail in voting, you're not going to have many Democrats get elected. That's bigger than anything having to do with redistricting, believe me. And the Republicans have to get smart. We're not going to have a country. I said for a long time, at rallies everywhere, you need borders and you need free and fair elections. 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