Trump drops longtime aversion to mail-in voting with GOP trailing in polls

By: Jonathan Shorman

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: October 5, 2026

Words: 1,252

Last Updated: 2 hours, 33 minutes ago

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President Donald Trump wants to sharply curtail mail ballots. He’s called them “inherently corrupt” and baselessly condemned them as a major source of fraud.

But with Republicans falling behind in the polls, the president is now urging his supporters to vote in the midterm elections any way they can, including by mail.

The White House has also sent emails through a government account promoting voter registration in recent days and Trump is continuing a string of campaign …

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