Presenter announces intent to sign executive order to track mail-in ballots

A presenter at a public event said they will sign an executive order intended to increase scrutiny of mail-in voting and what the presenter called ‘‘massive cheating’’ in elections. The presenter described the measure as ‘‘foolproof’’ and tied it to the event’s focus on voter integrity.

The presenter said two main problems drive the policy push: "inaccurate voter rolls that allow ineligible people to vote in various federal and state elections" and that "vote by mail in this country has become rife with fraud," including ballots returned by people who are not eligible and ballots sent to people who are not confirmed eligible. The presenter described the executive action as a way to address those concerns by changing how mail ballots are tracked.

On the planned directive, the presenter said "we're going to be signing an executive order. It's I believe it's foolproof," and described the technical change: marking whether a ballot was returned by mail on the envelope (not on the ballot). The presenter said, "So, we will know a million mail-in ballots, there'll be a million envelopes, and you'll be able ... to know exactly, correctly, that citizens voted." The presenter framed that step as making mail ballots "safe, secure, and ... accurate."

The presenter also said they "would like to have voter ID" and "proof of citizenship," noting those would be "another subject for another time," and closed by saying honest voting is essential to the nation. The transcript records an announced intent to sign an executive order but does not record a formal vote, implementation timeline, or details on how the envelope markings would be verified or enforced.

Next steps and context: the presenter said the executive order will be signed in connection with the event; no implementation details, dates, or legal citations were provided in the transcript.