Editorial: We'll keep our mail-in ballots; thank you, Mr. Putin

Six months into his second term and President Trump already is recycling musty and tired grievances, this time thanks to a suggestion from Russian President Vladimir Putin during their brief meeting last week in Alaska that Trump lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden because of mail-in voting.

“You know, Vladimir Putin said something, one of the most interesting things,” Trump said during an interview on Fox News following the summit. “He said, ‘Your election was rigged because you have mail-in voting.’ He said, ‘Mail-in voting, every election.’ He said, ‘No country has mail-in voting. It’s impossible to have mail-in voting and have honest elections.’”

And who better to advise a U.S. president on honest elections than Putin?

Triggered, Trump quickly announced he would bring “honesty” to the 2026 midterm elections — for which he has also launched a mid-decade gerrymandering frenzy among red and blue states — by issuing an executive order, now being written “by the best lawyers in the country,” to end mail-in voting.

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/editorial-well-keep-our-mail-in-ballots-thank-you-mr-putin/