President Donald Trump said Monday that he will lead a campaign to end mail-in voting.

The president wrote in a post on his Truth Social account in all capital letters that mail-in ballots are a “scam” and that elections can “never be honest” with them in place. He said without evidence that voting by mail leads to widespread voter fraud.

Oregon and Washington have long used vote-by-mail in elections with no widespread evidence of fraud. The states each began tests of mail-in ballots in the 1980s before later adopting them statewide.

In his post, Trump also vowed to get rid of voting machines and expressed a preference for watermarked paper ballots. He pledged to sign an executive order on the matter before the midterm elections.

Some Oregon politicians started to weigh in Monday. U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden posted on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, “Now Donald Trump is taking advice from Vladimir Putin on how to conduct elections?”

“How about Trump ask voters here in Oregon and other states with vote-by-mail how it’s long been proven as a secure, effective & easy way for Americans to vote from home?” Wyden wrote.

This story will be updated.

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