Donald Trump restricts postal voting by decree

US President Donald Trump plans to enforce an obligation to identify for all voters and a extensive ban on postal voting. “An ID requirement must be part of every single voice. No exceptions!” Said Trump on Saturday on his online platform Truth Social. He will be issued for this purpose. In addition, there should no longer be any postal voting, except for seriously ill and far -stationed military members, he added.

Trump has been questioning the US electoral system for a long time and wrongly claims that his defeat against the Democrat Joe Biden in 2020 was the result of massive fraud. In addition, the President and his Republican allies raise unoccupied claims about alleged mass voting by non-state citizens, which is illegal and is very rare. Trump has also been calling for the end of the use of election machines for years and instead urges the use of paper voices and counting by hand. According to election officers, however, this procedure is time -consuming, expensive and far more inaccurate than the mechanical count.

Trump had already announced at the beginning of August to end the use of postal voting and election machines before the intermediate elections in 2026 by disposal. However, since the national elections in the United States are managed at the state’s level, it is unclear whether the president has the constitutional authority for such a measure. The elections on November 3, 2026 are the first national mood test for Trump’s interior and foreign policy since his return to office in January. The Democrats try to break the majority of Republicans in both chambers of the congress in order to block Trump’s domestic agenda.