Countries that use mail-in voting include Canada, Germany, Iceland, South Korea, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Poland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
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Bulwark TakesSep 15, 2026
The ten countries named match the International IDEA list of countries that allow all voters to vote by postal ballot, as reported by FactCheck.org, Snopes, Statista, and IDEA's own page, all before the 2026-09-15 posting date.
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What was said
… And he said, And you lost it because of mail in voting. It was a rigged election, but mail in voting, Sean. Alright, so just a quick fact check, then I'll turn it over to you. The United States is not the only country that does mail-in voting. The other countries include Canada, Germany, Iceland, South Korea, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Poland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. So, yeah, there's that. But, yeah, I'm surprised that Putin told him this. I suppose Putin may have different motives than the integrity of our elections. I don't know. …
Bulwark Takes · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. International IDEA's country list for in-country postal voting for all voters names Canada, Germany, Iceland, South Korea, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Poland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, alongside the United States.[4]
Supports. Statista's 2026 chart gives the same ten-country list, in addition to the United States, as the countries that permit all voters to vote by mail.[5]
Supports. Snopes (Feb 2026) and FactCheck.org (Aug 2025) both report that IDEA counts multiple non-US countries where all voters can vote by mail, and name Canada, Germany, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom among them.[1][2]
Supports. Britannica's September 2026 summary lists all ten named countries among the 31 non-US countries that allow mail-in voting for some or all voters.[6]
Context. FactCheck.org's 2025 list adds Denmark to the all-voter group, and the sources differ on the exact count (11 versus 12 total, including the US), so the precise total is not uniform across sources.[2][3]
Sources
6 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 3 not rated
- 1Trump said US is only country that allows mail-in ballots. Here's the truthsnopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2FactChecking Trump's Claims About Mail-In Ballots, Voting Machines and States' Role - FactCheck.orgfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 3Trump said U.S. is the only mail-in voting country. Wrong.politifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 4How the US stacks up against global voting by mail trendsidea.int · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Chart: U.S. Is Not the “Only Country” To Have Mail-in Ballots | Statistastatista.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Mail-In Voting | Pros, Cons, Arguments, Debate, Elections, Voters, Absentee, & Politics | Britannicabritannica.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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