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Donald Trump signed an executive order in March that directed the Post Office and other government departments to create a plan to secure mail-in balloting.

Posted by Americast, Checked

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AmericastSep 16, 2026
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Multiple tier1 and primary sources (Reuters, AP, White House fact sheet, Executive Order 14399 text) confirm Trump signed a March 31, 2026 executive order directing USPS and DHS/SSA to implement mail-in ballot restrictions and citizenship verification, matching the claim's core assertion.

What we found

Supports. Reuters reports President Trump signed an executive order on March 31, 2026 tightening mail-in voting rules, including requiring absentee ballots to be sent only to voters on each state's approved list and mandating secure envelopes with unique tracking barcodes.[1][2]

Supports. The White House fact sheet and the published text of Executive Order 14399 direct the Postmaster General to initiate rulemaking requiring USPS-transmitted ballots to be placed in secure, barcoded envelopes, establishing the USPS-directed security plan.[3][4]

Supports. ProPublica and The Atlantic describe the March executive order as directing USPS to develop a new plan for mail ballots, consistent with the claim's 'plan' framing.[5][6]

Context. The order was subsequently blocked by lower courts and later allowed to proceed by the Supreme Court; these later developments do not make the March signing claim false.[7][8]

Context. Extraction fidelity: the passage says the order directed the Post Office and other departments to 'come up with a plan in order to secure the mail balloting,' and the extracted claim matches that scope without widening it.[4][9]

Sources

9 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 primary, 3 tier 2, 2 not rated

  1. 1Trump signs order tightening mail-in voting, drawing swift ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
  2. 2Trump signs order directing creation of a national voter listapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
  3. 3Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Ensures Citizenship ...whitehouse.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
  4. 4Executive Order 14399—Ensuring Citizenship Verification and ...govinfo.gov · primary source · cited for: supports, context
  5. 5The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Votingpropublica.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
  6. 6Rules Designed to Create Chaostheatlantic.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
  7. 7Where Does Trump's Effort to Restrict Mail Voting Stand?nytimes.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
  8. 8Trump threats to mail-in voting won’t significantly impact midterms, Penn experts saythedp.com · not rated · cited for: context
  9. 9Donald Trump signs executive order targeting mail-in ballotsusatoday.com · not rated · cited for: context

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