Trump Drafting Executive Order on Election Integrity After Alleging Ballot Fraud in California

The president has long criticized mail-in voting, calling it a source of widespread fraud.
Trump Drafting Executive Order on Election Integrity After Alleging Ballot Fraud in California
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House, on Nov. 4, 2025. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said an executive order is being drafted to strengthen U.S. elections and curb mail-in ballot fraud, after President Donald Trump alleged that California’s mail voting system “is rigged” and parts of it are under “legal and criminal review.”

“The White House is working on an executive order to strengthen our elections in this country and to ensure that there cannot be blatant fraud, as we’ve seen in California with their universal mail-in voting system,” Leavitt told reporters during a Nov. 4 briefing. “It’s absolutely true that ... there is fraud in California’s elections. It’s just a fact.”

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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