President Donald Trump on Aug. 18 said that he will sign executive orders targeting mail-in voting ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, adding that such a move is needed to make U.S. elections more honest.

“I am going to lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS,” Trump wrote in the post.

“All others gave it up because of the MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD ENCOUNTERED. WE WILL BEGIN THIS EFFORT,” he wrote on the platform, referring to other countries.

In the post, Trump did not provide more details on the executive orders that he would sign, but he appeared to offer a preview of arguments that his administration might make in court challenges that are sure to be filed after the orders are signed.

The president then said that he would sign an executive order ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, adding that states “must do what the Federal Government, as represented by the President of the United States, tells them, FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COUNTRY, to do.

For years, Trump has criticized mail-in voting and said the practice is rife with fraud and leads to election outcomes being prolonged. During the aftermath of the 2020 election, his legal team brought lawsuits that argued that vote-by-mail policies initiated by states amid the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic led to fraudulent ballots being cast in that contest.

Executive orders signed earlier this year by Trump sought to overhaul elections across the country, although parts of those orders were blocked by judges in several cases. The U.S. Supreme Court in July said it would consider whether a challenge in Illinois can proceed in a case that is among several Republican-backed lawsuits seeking to impose an Election Day deadline for mail-in ballots.

Meanwhile, Kansas, North Dakota, and Utah have all passed legislation this year that eliminated a grace period for receiving mailed ballots, saying they now need to be in by Election Day.

“This is like allowing persons who arrive 3 days after Election Day, perhaps after a winner has been declared, to vote in person at a former voting precinct, which would be absurd,” the executive order said, in part.

That order directs the U.S. attorney general to “take all necessary action” to enforce federal law against states that include late-arriving ballots in their final counts for federal elections. It also directs the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to condition federal funding on compliance.