Every state in the United States sends mail ballots.
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Badlands MediaSep 16, 2026
Multiple sources state that every U.S. state offers some form of mail or absentee voting, and ballots are mailed to voters in all states, either automatically in eight states and D.C. or on request elsewhere.
This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.
What was said
… Specifically, a rule required the Postal Service to receive lists from every state that intends to send mail ballots. Spoiler, every state sends mail ballots. Every single state sends mail ballots. And they would have to send lists to a portal, as it was described, that the Postal service would have to build in a rushed way. And then the Postal Service would compare those lists to the national voter list. …
Badlands Media · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. ProPublica (tier2, 2026-09-16) says every state offers some version of voting by mail, though some require a reason for an absentee ballot.[2]
Supports. Ballotpedia (2025) reports that all 50 states allow some form of absentee/mail-in voting, with 14 requiring an excuse and 36 not.[3]
Supports. WMUR's data analysis (2026-03-31) finds every U.S. state allows some level of mail-in or absentee voting, with eight states plus D.C. mailing ballots automatically.[4]
Supports. Reuters (tier1, 2020) reports voting by mail exists in all 50 states and D.C., and Al Jazeera (2026-11-01) says all states offer vote-by-mail options.[1][5]
Context. Only eight states and D.C. automatically send ballots to all registered voters; in the rest, voters must request a ballot, so 'sends' holds only in the on-request sense for most states.[6][7]
Sources
7 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 2, 5 not rated
- 1Voting by mail in the U.S.reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Can I Vote By Mail in the 2026 Midterm Elections? What to ...propublica.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 3A look at the state of mail-in voting in the U.S.news.ballotpedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Who votes by mail? The data on how Americans cast ballots as Trump targets systemwmur.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5More than 50 million votes cast in US midterm elections: What does it mean?aljazeera.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Trump has railed against mail-in voting. Millions are still doing itdetroitnews.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Everything You Need to Know About Voting, in 3 Mapsusnews.com · not rated · cited for: context
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