States including California, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Colorado conduct almost all elections by mail.
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AmericastSep 16, 2026
The sources support the claim: MIT Election Lab, NCSL, and Wikipedia list California, Colorado, Oregon, Utah, and Washington as states that conduct all elections by mail, and FactCheck.org reports that 80% or more of California votes are typically cast by mail.
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What was said
… Mail-in ballot Right there, Donald Trump giving a pretty good justification for why mail voting is sometimes valid, even if the state doesn't have a more expansive mail voting system. Sometimes you just can't make it to a polling place and cast a ballot. Now, there are states like California and Oregon and Utah and Washington and Colorado, that almost all the ballots are cast by mail, and that's a little different than absentee voting by mail, which even the Save Act would still allow in certain circumstances, but those states have been doing it for quite some time now. …
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Supports. MIT Election Lab reports that by 2026 eight states and D.C. conduct all-mail elections, and it names Oregon (1998), Washington (2011), Colorado (2013), and Utah (2020) as states that moved to voting by mail.[2]
Supports. NCSL's table lists California, Colorado, Oregon, Utah, and Washington among the states that conduct all elections entirely by mail.[3]
Supports. FactCheck.org reports that California sends mail ballots to all registered voters and that 80% or more of votes are typically cast by mail.[1]
Supports. Wikipedia states that Colorado, Oregon, Utah, and Washington hold elections 'almost entirely by mail,' with California allowing all elections by mail.[4]
Supports. Newsweek reports that in 2024 more than 90% of votes in Oregon, Washington, and Colorado were cast by mail, with Utah at 85% and California at roughly 83%.[5]
Context. The sources describe the mail share as 'all elections by mail' in statute and 'almost entirely by mail' in practice; both readings support the claim's wording.[2][3][4]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 3 not rated
- 1FactChecking Trump's Election Security Speechfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Voting by mail and absentee voting | MIT Election Labelectionlab.mit.edu · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 3Summary Table 18: States With Mostly Mail Electionsncsl.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 4Postal voting in the United States - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5Map shows states where mail-in voting is most—and least—popularnewsweek.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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