Since returning to power, Donald Trump ordered the post office to restrict mail-in voting.
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Your World TonightOct 28, 2026
Multiple tier1 sources report that Trump signed a March 2026 executive order directing the Postal Service to restrict mail-in voting, so the claim that he ordered the post office to restrict mail voting is supported. The claim matches the post's wording, and the courts' blocks mentioned in the post are a later development that does not affect the claim.
Our two reads of who says this, and how, disagree, so it counts as the post's own claim.
What was said
… Leaf says he would consider seizing ballots in these midterms if he suspected voter fraud. Again, I have a duty to investigate, and I'm not going to back down. I'm going to do my job. Since returning to power, Trump has tried several times to rewrite election rules, such as ordering the post office to restrict mail-in voting, but these efforts have all been blocked by the courts. And now some election deniers want Trump to take even more drastic action. Is that President Trump will say this is a national emergency. …
Your World Tonight · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. BBC reports that Trump signed an executive order in March that directed the USPS to deliver ballots only to voters on lists of citizens, and that the Supreme Court rejected his plan to restrict voting by mail.[3]
Supports. Reuters reports that Trump signed an executive order on March 31 tightening rules on mail-in voting, and that he ordered the agency to write rules barring it from delivering ballots if states did not turn over voter lists.[1][5]
Supports. AP and NPR describe the March executive order as directing the Postal Service to restrict mail voting, with the Supreme Court pausing a lower court ruling that blocked parts of it.[2][4]
Context. Courts have repeatedly blocked or paused parts of the order and USPS implementation, and the Supreme Court did not rule on the order's legality. This later litigation does not make the claim that Trump ordered the restriction false.[6][7][8][9]
Sources
9 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 tier 1, 1 tier 2, 5 not rated
- 1No new executive order on Trump's mail-in ballot restrictions | Reutersreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Court panel declines to block Trump's mail ballot order, but ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Trump criticises Supreme Court after justices block mail-in ...bbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports
- 4Supreme Court gives Trump an interim win on his mail voting order, but hurdles loomnpr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5Inside the US Postal Service sprint to deliver millions of ballots by Tuesdayrmb.reuters.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Judge once again bars Postal Service from restricting mail- ...inquirer.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Federal judge lifts final block on Trump mail-in voting ordercnbc.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 8Supreme Court sides with Trump administration on mail voting ...krgv.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 9U.S. Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid to restrict mail-in ballots ...cbc.ca · not rated · cited for: context
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