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President Donald Trump has intensified his campaign against mail-in voting. He advocated for paper ballots and promised to sign an executive order on the matter. Those plans could disrupt how millions of people cast ballots. Nearly one in three voters used mail ballots in the 2024 election, according to information gathered by the Hearst Television Data Team. Mail-in voting is most prevalent in Washington, D.C., and eight states: California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Vermont, and Washington. These areas automatically send mail-in ballots to voters.Meanwhile, 28 states permit mail voting without an excuse, but don't automatically send ballots: Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.Fourteen states require voters to provide a specific excuse to vote by mail. Those include Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, and West Virginia.The Hearst Television Data Team also found that 30% of votes cast in the 2024 general election would not be counted if President Trump's proposed ban on mail-in voting were enacted.Today, President Trump called mail ballots "corrupt" and stated that eliminating them would be "the biggest thing Republicans can do." He also expressed a desire to remove some voting machines and announced plans to sign an executive order on the matter.Election experts have noted that there is no evidence of widespread fraud associated with mail ballots. Additionally, the Constitution grants Congress, not the president, the authority to change federal elections. Legal experts suggest that if President Trump were to sign such an order, it would likely face immediate challenges from states responsible for conducting elections.PHNjcmlwdCB0eXBlPSJ0ZXh0L2phdmFzY3JpcHQiPiFmdW5jdGlvbigpeyJ1c2Ugc3RyaWN0Ijt3aW5kb3cuYWRkRXZlbnRMaXN0ZW5lcigibWVzc2FnZSIsKGZ1bmN0aW9uKGUpe2lmKHZvaWQgMCE9PWUuZGF0YVsiZGF0YXdyYXBwZXItaGVpZ2h0Il0pe3ZhciB0PWRvY3VtZW50LnF1ZXJ5U2VsZWN0b3JBbGwoImlmcmFtZSIpO2Zvcih2YXIgYSBpbiBlLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdKWZvcih2YXIgcj0wO3I8dC5sZW5ndGg7cisrKXtpZih0W3JdLmNvbnRlbnRXaW5kb3c9PT1lLnNvdXJjZSl0W3JdLnN0eWxlLmhlaWdodD1lLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdW2FdKyJweCJ9fX0pKX0oKTs8L3NjcmlwdD4=