"Mail-in voting means mail-in cheating." For years, Donald Trump warned against voting by mail....
Vote by mail. But also: mail-in voting is full of cheating. Wait, what? Right before the 2026 midterms, Donald Trump said both, two days apart.
Here is what he said, what happened with the Arizona ballots, and why a mistake that gets fixed is not a scandal.
In this article
- Trump Mail Voting: “Too Big to Rig”
- Two Days Later: “A Lot of Cheating” in Mail-In Voting
- Arizona Ballots Sent Six Days Too Early
- A Mistake Happened – and Got Fixed
- FAQ
Trump Mail Voting: “Too Big to Rig”
Donald Trump told his voters: vote early, vote by mail or vote in person. He wants a win that is “too big to rig”.
He even voted by mail himself, twice this year.
Two Days Later: “A Lot of Cheating” in Mail-In Voting
But just two days later, he said something very different: “There is a lot of cheating in vote by mail.”
He gave no evidence. Now his message is: vote in person if you can, vote by mail if you want.
It is not the first U-turn. We covered the background in Trump on mail-in voting: the U-turn before the 2026 midterms.
Arizona Ballots Sent Six Days Too Early
And then one county made headlines. In Arizona, a company sent out 3,126 ballots six days too early.
Sounds like a scandal. But the county says: all those ballots are still valid.
A Mistake Happened – and Got Fixed
A mistake happened, someone found it, and it got fixed. That's how a system should work.
Trust in an election does not come from a process without errors. It comes from errors being found, explained and corrected, whether it's a national election or a board election in your association. How this works for online voting is explained in our section on security and data protection in online voting.
So what do you think? Would you vote by mail?
FAQ
What did Trump say about mail-in voting before the 2026 midterms?
He told voters to vote early, by mail or in person, for a win “too big to rig”. Two days later he said there is “a lot of cheating” in vote by mail, without giving evidence.
Did Trump vote by mail himself?
Yes. He voted by mail himself twice this year.
What happened with the Arizona ballots?
A company sent out 3,126 ballots six days too early. The county says all those ballots are still valid.
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