The President issued an executive order in March 2026 directing the Postmaster General to initiate a rulemaking process regarding mail-in and absentee ballots.
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VINCEAug 25, 2026
Sources confirm President Trump signed Executive Order 14399 on March 31, 2026, governing mail-in and absentee ballots, and that it directed the Postmaster General to start a rulemaking within 60 days. The claim's wording is a faithful paraphrase of the passage, and the 'months ago' remark in the post does not change the March date.
Our two reads of who says this, and how, disagree, so it counts as the post's own claim.
What was said
… ballots to ensure the faithful execution of federal law, protect the integrity of the mail as a medium for transmitting federal election ballots, and establish uniform standards for mail-in or absentee ballot services implemented through the Postal Service. The Postmaster General is hereby directed to initiate a proposed rulemaking pursuant to the law and other applicable authority within 60 days of the date of this order. So that was months ago. Remember, the order was done in March. The notice of proposed rulemaking shall include, at minimum, the following, and let me get, let me push down to item 3 here, because this is the, this is the big gona proposed provisions specifying that the Postal Service shall not transmit mail-in or …
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Supports. Reuters reports Trump signed an executive order on March 31, 2026 tightening mail-in voting rules, including requiring absentee ballots to go only to voters on each state's approved list.[1]
Supports. The Federal Register and GovInfo versions of EO 14399, signed March 31, 2026, are primary records of the order, and the excerpted text they show concerns citizenship verification and ballot envelope identifiers.[4][5][6]
Supports. The Penn Daily reports that the March 31 order directed the postmaster general to initiate the rulemaking process within 60 days.[7]
Supports. Snopes and the AP both report that the Postal Service issued a proposed rule to implement the March executive order's requirements on mail ballots.[2][3]
Context. The rulemaking directive was later blocked by a federal judge and then partly reinstated, but that later development does not make the March claim false.[3][7]
Sources
7 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 3 primary, 1 not rated
- 1Trump signs order tightening mail-in voting, drawing swift ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Did US postmaster general say he'd block mail-in ballots? Claim distorts factssnopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Whistleblower: Postal Service rushing to comply with ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 4Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal ...whitehouse.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 5Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal ...federalregister.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 6Executive Order 14399—Ensuring Citizenship Verification ...govinfo.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 7Trump threats to mail-in voting won’t significantly impact midterms, Penn experts saythedp.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
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