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18 rumors about mail-in ballots, investigated
State election officials are sending ballots to voters amid a legal fight over Trump's executive order attempting to restrict mail-in voting.
With the 2026 midterm elections approaching, reporter Rae Deng rounded up the claims we've analyzed about the voting method, including:
Has Trump ever voted by mail?
Is the U.S. the only country that allows mail-in ballots, as Trump has claimed?
Will adding a stamp to your ballot make it first-class mail?
Do mail-in ballots increase the risk of voter fraud?
Did Trump write these requests for 'simple' funeral if he dies in office?
According to posts, the president said he doesn't want gold, extravagance or an expensive casket.
Did AG Todd Blanche say predators in Epstein files wouldn't be prosecuted? Here's the truth
We examined footage of the news conference where Blanche supposedly made the statement.
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