Trump made the remarks while accepting the "Patriot of the Year" award at a Long Island event on Thursday.

Summary

Donald Trump announced plans to reform U.S. elections, including mandating paper ballots, same-day voting, voter ID, and proof of citizenship, while eliminating mail-in voting.

Trump criticized California’s ban on requiring voter ID, calling for a nationwide overhaul. Though mail-in and early voting surged during the pandemic, Trump has long opposed these methods, claiming fraud, despite evidence showing fraud rates are extremely low.

Critics argue his proposals could disproportionately affect rural, disabled, and nonwhite voters, potentially disenfranchising key Democratic-leaning groups.

The reforms would mark significant shifts in U.S. election policies.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
      28·
      20 days ago

      Yeah, clearly opening the door to discuss further changes to the election process. It’s dying, and he doesn’t want more people voting, he wants less, if at all

      • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        17·
        19 days ago

        Real “stop testing” energy here.

        If we stop testing right now, we’d have very few cases, if any

        “If we just stop voting, we’d have very few votes against me”