Giving a hand to honesty

On August 18, Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he would sign another executive order, following one issued in March, to “help bring honesty” to elections and to the 2026 mid-term elections in particular. According to Trump, its aims are to end to mail-in voting and to replace voting machines in favor of “watermark paper” ballots. Trump claims the legal authority to do this because it is “good for the country.”

Bob Bauer, Donald Trump’s Plan for “Honest” Mid-Term Elections

He has no authority to do this. It’s not a close call. But he’s so convinced of god-knows-what that he’s going to try to make it a matter of party loyalty in the states, which do have authority over elections, or maybe in Congress (which has some little-used power). Will this issue be the bridge too far?