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Trump pledges to scrap mail ballots and voting machines before 2026 midterms (www.theguardian.com)

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Donald Trump said he will sign an executive order to eliminate mail-in voting and voting machines before the 2026 midterms, days after Vladimir Putin told him US elections were rigged because of postal ballots.

“I am going to lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS,” Trump wrote in the lengthy Truth Social post Monday morning, also targeting “Highly ‘Inaccurate,’ Very Expensive, and Seriously Controversial VOTING MACHINES” which he claimed cost “Ten Times more than accurate and sophisticated Watermark Paper”.

The announcement followed Trump’s meeting with Putin in Alaska on 15 August, when the Russian president allegedly told him that the 2020 election “was rigged because you have mail-in voting”, according to Trump’s subsequent interview with Sean Hannity.

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[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 33 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So he wants to get rid of some voting machines that his handlers can't manipulate, and force everyone to go to the polls to vote in person so his thugs can intimidate anyone who doesn't have a light enough complexion. Got it.

[–] dditty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 5 months ago

And to make it much harder for working class and disabled people to vote (since their votes typically lean blue)