Trump encourages GOP turnout while the administration files lawsuits over voting disputes in California and Alaska

Published October 24, 2026 4:00PM (EDT)

With just days to go before Election Day, voters across the U.S. are using mail-in ballots to cast their votes. Despite previously claiming otherwise, Trump is now encouraging his followers to use this method and push for larger voter turnout. (David Ryder / Getty Images)

President Donald Trump is urging Republicans across the country to vote early and by mail, even as his Justice Department escalates legal challenges to election procedures in multiple states less than two weeks before the midterms.

In a series of nearly identical Truth Social posts promoting Republican turnout, Trump encouraged voters to use virtually every available method of casting a ballot.

“Whether you VOTE early, absentee, by mail, or in-person, Republicans must SWAMP the Radical Left Dumocrats with massive turnout!” he wrote.

The enthusiastic endorsement of mail voting comes…