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Status, checked August 23, 2026
The Supreme Court has not ruled. Two emergency applications asking the justices to lift the block on the mail voting executive order are fully briefed and pending, Trump v. California, No. 26A124 and Alabama v. California, No. 26A139, both submitted to Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, with no order, no argument date, and no docket entry in either one since August 12. Both district court injunctions are in force right now, the June 25 ruling covering 23 states and the District of Columbia, and the August 11 ruling barring the Postal Service from restricting absentee voting nationwide. Separately, on June 29 the Court decided Watson v. Republican National Committee and upheld, 5 to 4, state laws that count mail ballots postmarked by Election Day, which is a different fight from the executive order and is not affected by the pending applications.
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Said Donald Trump, Republican nominee for President Campaign speech, Turning Point Action "The Believers' Summit," West Palm Beach, Florida
I love you Christians and I'm a Christian. I love you, you got to get out and vote. In four years, you don't have to vote again. We'll have it fixed so good, you're not going to have to vote.
Said Donald Trump, President-elect Remarks at a victory rally in Washington, D.C.
The day before his inauguration, thanking Elon Musk for campaigning in Pennsylvania:
And he knows those computers better than anybody, all those computers, those vote counting computers. And we ended up winning Pennsylvania like, in a landslide, so it was pretty good, it was pretty good. So, thank you to Elon.
Action Donald Trump, President Executive order
Signed Executive Order 14248, "Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections," which directs the Attorney General to take action against states that include absentee or mail-in ballots received after Election Day in their final tabulation, and directs the Election Assistance Commission to condition federal election funding on states adopting an Election Day ballot receipt deadline for all methods of voting.
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Said Donald Trump, President Signed presidential memorandum, "Addressing Risks from Chris Krebs and Government Censorship"
In the memorandum revoking the security clearance of the federal cybersecurity chief who called 2020 secure:
Krebs, through CISA, falsely and baselessly denied that the 2020 election was rigged and stolen, including by inappropriately and categorically dismissing widespread election malfeasance and serious vulnerabilities with voting machines.
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Said Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence Cabinet meeting with President Trump, the White House
Telling the president's Cabinet that her office was investigating election integrity:
We have evidence of how these electronic voting systems have been vulnerable to hackers for a very long time and vulnerable to exploitation to manipulate the results of the votes being cast…
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Said Donald Trump, President Fox News interview with Sean Hannity, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska
You know Vladimir Putin said something one of the most interesting things. He said, "Your election was rigged because you have mail in voting." He said, "Mail-in voting, every election." He said, "No country has mail-in voting. It's impossible to have mail-in voting and have honest elections."
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Said Donald Trump, President Truth Social post
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
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Said Donald Trump, President Oval Office remarks alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
Mail-in ballots are corrupt. Mail-in ballots, you can never have a real democracy with mail-in ballots.
Said Donald Trump, President Oval Office remarks alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
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.
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Said Donald Trump, President Truth Social post
END MAIL-IN VOTING, AND GO TO PAPER BALLOTS. 100 additional seats will go to Republicans!!!
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Said Donald Trump, President Truth Social post
What's worse, the NBA Players cheating at cards, and probably much else, or the Democrats cheating on Elections. The 2020 Presidential Election, being Rigged and Stolen, is a far bigger SCANDAL. Look what happened to our Country when a Crooked Moron became our "President!" We now know everything. I hope the DOJ pursues this with as much "gusto" as befitting the biggest SCANDAL in American history! If not, it will happen again, including the upcoming Midterms. No mail-in or "Early" Voting, Yes to Voter ID! Watch how totally dishonest the California Prop Vote is! Millions of Ballots being "shipped." GET SMART REPUBLICANS, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!!!
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Said Donald Trump, President Truth Social post
The Unconstitutional Redistricting Vote in California is a GIANT SCAM in that the entire process, in particular the Voting itself, is RIGGED. All "Mail-In" Ballots, where the Republicans in that State are "Shut Out," is under very serious legal and criminal review. STAY TUNED!
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Said Karoline Leavitt, White House Press Secretary White House press briefing
The White House is working on an executive order to strengthen our elections in this country and to ensure that there cannot be blatant fraud, as we've seen in California with their universal mail-in voting system.
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Said Donald Trump, President Truth Social post
Thirty days after posting that there should be no early voting, urging Tennessee voters to vote early in a special election:
I am asking all America First Patriots in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District, who haven't voted yet, to please GET OUT AND VOTE for MAGA Warrior Matt Van Epps, tomorrow, November 26th, the last day to vote early in person. You can win this Election for Matt! PLEASE VOTE FOR MATT VAN EPPS, who has my Complete and Total Endorsement. Polls close at 12 P.M. NOON in most of TN-07, and every vote counts. IF YOU ARE IN LINE BY 12 P.M., STAY IN LINE, AND THEY MUST LET YOU VOTE! TN-07: Early Voting ends November 26th, and Election Day is December 2nd. GET OUT AND VOTE FOR MATT VAN EPPS — HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!
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Action Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal agency Federal search warrant execution
FBI agents executed a search warrant at the Fulton County, Georgia, elections warehouse and seized hundreds of boxes containing the county's original 2020 ballots, tabulator tapes and voter rolls; Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was photographed at the scene.
Said Steve Bannon, Podcast host and Trump ally (not an official) War Room podcast
You're damn right we're gonna have ICE surround the polls come November.
Action Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Federal intelligence agency Agency confirmation to Reuters
ODNI confirmed that it had obtained an unspecified number of Puerto Rico's voting machines, along with copies of data from those machines, and tested them; the office said the probe found security and deployment practices it called a risk to U.S. elections, and reporting found it produced no clear evidence of the foreign interference it was said to be examining.
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Said Karoline Leavitt, White House Press Secretary White House press briefing
Asked at a briefing whether ICE agents would be at polling places in November:
I can't guarantee an ICE agent won't be around a polling location in November—I mean, that's frankly a very silly hypothetical question.
Said Elon Musk, Owner of X; former head of the Department of Government Efficiency Post on X
Reposting a summary of his own call to abolish mail-in voting nationwide except for overseas troops and serious medical conditions:
Critical to avoid fraud.
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Said Elon Musk, Owner of X; former head of the Department of Government Efficiency Post on X
Reposting a claim that Pennsylvania's 2020 mail ballots were used "to steal the 2020 election":
Essential to stop fraud in elections.
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Said Heather Honey, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Election Integrity Virtual meeting with state election officials
Answering California's secretary of state on a call with state election officials, three weeks after the White House said it could not rule it out:
Any suggestion that ICE is going to be present at polling places is simply disinformation. There will be no ICE presence at polling locations for this election.
Said Pamela Bondi, Attorney General Justice Department press release
Accurate, well-maintained voter rolls are a requisite for the election integrity that the American people deserve. This latest series of litigation underscores that This Department of Justice is fulfilling its duty to ensure transparency, voter roll maintenance, and secure elections across the country.
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Said Harmeet K. Dhillon, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division Justice Department press release
Announcing Justice Department lawsuits against five more states that had not turned over their voter rolls:
The Justice Department will continue to fulfill its oversight role dutifully, neutrally, and transparently wherever Americans vote in federal elections. Many state election officials, however, are choosing to fight us in court rather than show their work. We will not be deterred, regardless of party affiliation, from carrying out critical election integrity legal duties.
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Action Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence Senate Intelligence Committee testimony
Testifying before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Gabbard told Sen. Jon Ossoff that President Trump directed her on the day of the Fulton County search to be present for it.
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Action Donald Trump, President Signed executive order
Trump signed Executive Order 14399, "Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections," directing the U.S. Postal Service to deliver mail ballots only to voters on state-provided lists and to create unique ballot-envelope identifiers, and directing the Department of Homeland Security to compile state-by-state lists of adult citizens from federal databases.
Said Donald Trump, President Remarks at the signing of Executive Order 14399
We want to have honest voting in our country, because if you don't have honest voting, you can't have, really, a nation.
Action U.S. Department of Justice, Federal agency Justice Department demand letter
In a letter signed by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, the Justice Department demanded that Wayne County, Michigan, produce all ballots, receipts and envelopes from the 2024 general election within 14 days, warning that it could seek a court order if the county did not comply; the county replied that it does not hold those ballots, which are kept by its 43 local jurisdictions.
Ruling U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Federal district court (Judge Indira Talwani) Memorandum and order, State of California v. Trump, No. 1:26-cv-11581 (D. Mass.)
The court granted summary judgment to 23 states and the District of Columbia, declared Sections 2 and 3 of Executive Order 14399 "legally void as they are ultra vires and unconstitutionally violate the separation of powers," and permanently enjoined federal agencies, other than the President, from implementing or giving effect to those sections in the plaintiff states for the November 3, 2026 election or any earlier federal election.
Supreme Court of the United States (appendix to stay application 26A124) Archived copy On the record wall Download card
Said Stephen Miller, White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Fox News, The Ingraham Angle
On the Supreme Court decision that day upholding state laws that count mail ballots postmarked by Election Day:
Justice Roberts and Justice Barrett decided to cave to the radical left. It's Election Day, not election week, not election month, not election months.
Action U.S. Department of Justice, Federal agency Justice Department announcement
The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division announced it would send election monitors to 15 jurisdictions in Arizona, Michigan, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire and Virginia during the 2026 primary season, with plans to expand for the general election; a group of senators later wrote that monitors were being deployed disproportionately to states with Democratic governors or Democratic chief election officials.
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Said Elon Musk, Owner of X; former head of the Department of Government Efficiency Post on X
Reposting a video by a losing Los Angeles mayoral candidate about mail ballots counted after Election Day:
California has legalized election fraud
Said Donald Trump, President Primetime address to the nation, East Room of the White House
In a primetime address releasing documents he said proved interference in the 2020 election:
Raw intelligence obtained by the FBI in 2020 yet buried by rogue bureaucrats stated that China's activities even included an attempt to manufacture illegal ballots for Joe Biden.
Washington Examiner (full transcript) Archived copy On the record wall Download card
Said Donald Trump, President Primetime address to the nation, East Room of the White House
In the same address, describing what the SAVE America Act would do:
And hopefully there will be no corrupt mail-in ballots, which, if you watched California and so many other places, mail-in ballots are inherently corrupt. So you would have no mail-in ballots except for illness, disability, military deployment, or travel.
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Said Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary White House press briefing
Asked why the 2024 election was secure when the president says 2020 was not:
Because it was too big to rig. There were a massive amount of votes for this president, that's why he's in office.
Action Office of the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice Application for a stay, Supreme Court of the United States (No. 26A124)
The Solicitor General asked the Supreme Court to stay the district court's injunction and to grant an immediate administrative stay, arguing the challenge was premature and that there was not enough time to obtain ordinary appellate relief before the November election; twelve states led by Alabama filed a parallel application two days later.
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Said D. John Sauer, Solicitor General of the United States Application for a stay, Supreme Court of the United States (No. 26A124)
From the filing asking the Supreme Court to lift the block on the mail voting executive order:
The injunction is particularly remarkable because the Order merely sets forth general policy guidance, leaving substantial discretion to agencies about how to implement the Order while admonishing them that they may do so only consistent with applicable law.
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Said Donald Trump, President Real America's Voice interview with Wayne Allyn Root
Let me just say that stranger things have happened, okay? I'll leave it at that.
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Ruling U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Federal district court (Judge Indira Talwani) Memorandum and order, League of Women Voters of Massachusetts v. Trump, No. 1:26-cv-11549 (D. Mass.)
The court preliminarily enjoined the U.S. Postal Service and its governors from implementing, giving effect to, or enforcing Section 3 of Executive Order 14399 for the November 3, 2026 election or any earlier federal election, including refusing to transmit mail-in or absentee ballots; the injunction runs nationwide on behalf of the plaintiff organizations' members.
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Said Harmeet K. Dhillon, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division Remarks to Bloomberg
We will do it to the tune of approximately 1,000 election monitors in the November election.
Said Donald Trump, President Truth Social post
Posted the night records showed he had returned a mail ballot in Florida's primary:
Earlier this month, India's Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, asked our Administration — How can you have Elections in the U.S. without a valid Photo ID? India's last Election had 646,000,000 Voters! Less than 1% voted by mail, and every single Voter had to have a VALID Photo Identity Document. We need to pass THE SAVE AMERICA ACT, now!
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Action Donald Trump, President County voting records
Three weeks after asking the Supreme Court to let restrictions on mail ballots take effect:
Trump cast a mail ballot in Florida's Republican primary, according to Palm Beach County records; the White House said his circumstances differ from most voters' because he primarily lives at the White House.
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Action U.S. Department of Justice, Federal agency Reporting on Justice Department litigation
The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division has filed 31 lawsuits seeking states' unredacted voter data; judges have blocked the requests in 23 of those cases and the department has not won any of them.
Action United States Postal Service, Independent establishment of the executive branch Final rule posted for Federal Register publication
Ten days after a federal court blocked the Postal Service from restricting mail ballots nationwide:
The Postal Service posted the text of its final rule implementing the president's March executive order on federal elections. It would require states to hand voter data to the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies and to adopt new ballot-envelope standards before USPS delivers their mail ballots; states that do not comply would have their ballots refused. The rule acknowledges that injunctions issued by federal courts in California and Massachusetts currently bar it from taking effect, and states that the Postal Service is ready to implement it immediately if those injunctions are lifted.
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