{"id":2476563,"date":"2025-08-20T05:56:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T09:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-governor-to-defy-trumps-upcoming-executive-order-on-mail-in-ballots\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T05:57:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T09:57:51","slug":"pennsylvania-governor-to-defy-trumps-upcoming-executive-order-on-mail-in-ballots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-governor-to-defy-trumps-upcoming-executive-order-on-mail-in-ballots\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania governor to defy Trump&#8217;s upcoming executive order on mail-in ballots"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpennsylvania-governor-to-defy-trumps-upcoming-executive-order-on-mail-in-ballots%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2476563&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that Pennsylvania Governor Josh shapiro (D) has declared he will not comply with President Donald TrumpS forthcoming executive order aimed at eliminating mail-in ballots nationwide. Shapiro emphasized that the U.S. Constitution grants states the authority to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attorney-sidney-powell-responds-to-latest-supreme-court-rulings-on-election-integrity-justice-thomass-dissent-included\/\" title=\"Attorney Sidney Powell Responds to Latest Supreme Court Rulings on Election Integrity \u2013 Justice Thomas\u2019s Dissent Included\">set election rules<\/a>, and therefore, Pennsylvania will continue to allow mail-in voting. He noted that mail-in ballots have been used successfully in the state for years, contributing to fair and secure elections, and have benefited candidates from both major parties, including Trump himself. Shapiro criticized trump&#8217;s attempt to undermine mail-in voting as divisive and unfounded, and reiterated that no executive order from the president can override Pennsylvania&#8217;s election processes. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-4686-3758\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:14832835450050406,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-4686-3758\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Pennsylvania governor to defy Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bitcoin-rises-ahead-of-highly-anticipated-executive-order-on-digital-assets\/\" title=\"Bitcoin Rises Ahead of Highly-Anticipated ... on Digital As...s\">upcoming executive order<\/a> on mail-in ballots<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2207573\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Pennsylvania Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/josh-shapiro\/\">Josh Shapiro<\/a> (D) said he would not be making any changes concerning voters being able to use mail-in ballots in his state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The governor&rsquo;s statement came in response to President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>, who recently announced he would issue an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3757948\/trump-executive-order-mail-in-ballots-voting-machines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">executive order to eliminate mail-in ballots throughout the country<\/a>. Currently, mail-in ballots are legal in Pennsylvania, a reality that Shapiro addressed on Tuesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3499738\/north-carolina-gop-roadmap-malpractice-reform-minor-gender-transition\/\">North Carolina offers GOP roadmap for malpractice reform in minor gender transition cases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3759008\/inside-scoop-jim-antle-rise-conservative-commentator-blue-state-cities-bust-lessons-wwii\/\">Inside Scoop: Rise of the Conservative Commentator, Blue-state cities go bust, lessons from WWII<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3761350\/noem-announces-cornhusker-clink-facility-nebraska\/\">Kristi Noem announces new &#8216;Cornhusker Clink&#8217; facility in Nebraska for illegal immigrants<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Trump can sign whatever executive order he wants to sign &mdash; but it won&#8217;t change the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>And according to our Constitution, the authority to set our election rules belongs to the states.<\/p>\n<p>We will protect mail in ballots in Pennsylvania. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yUvsNXuXDz\">pic.twitter.com\/yUvsNXuXDz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Governor Josh Shapiro (@GovernorShapiro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovernorShapiro\/status\/1957914294500172022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Donald Trump can sign whatever the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >hell executive orders<\/a> he wants to sign and make a show out of whatever he wants,&rdquo; Shapiro said on Tuesday. &ldquo;But he can&rsquo;t change the Constitution with an executive order, and the Constitution gives the authority to set our election rules to the states.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let me remind you that it was just about five years ago, that a bipartisan majority in the House and in the Senate passed mail-in voting,&rdquo; Shapiro added. &ldquo;And during that time, millions of people have voted by mail, and we have had free and fair, safe and secure elections.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro then highlighted that elections in which voters have used mail-in ballots have benefited political candidates of both major parties, including Trump himself.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Donald Trump has won some of those elections,&rdquo; Shapiro said. &ldquo;He has lost some of those elections. Democrats have won some. Republicans have won some. For him to try and put more misinformation out there, to stoke more division and fear amongst people who want to exercise their constitutional right to pick the leaders in their communities and in their Commonwealth, that is just cynical and wrong.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump blasted mail-in ballots earlier this month after his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska. He labeled mail-in voting as inefficient, expensive, and inaccurate. He also said that states would ultimately have to follow Trump&rsquo;s directive because states were just an &ldquo;agent for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-assassination-task-force-begins-with-slew-of-requests-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... assassination task force begins with slew of requests - Washington Examiner\">federal government&#038;rdquo<\/a>; in vote counting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Remember, the States are merely an &lsquo;agent&rsquo; for the Federal Government in counting and tabulating the votes,&rdquo; Trump said previously. &ldquo;They must do what the Federal Government, as represented by the President of the United States, tells them, FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COUNTRY, to do.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro, meanwhile, reiterated that regardless of what executive order the president may or may not sign, it will not change anything in Pennsylvania. Shapiro said the state would continue to use mail-in ballots.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3757948\/trump-executive-order-mail-in-ballots-voting-machines\/\"><strong>TRUMP PROMISES EXECUTIVE ORDER TO &lsquo;GET RID OF&rsquo; MAIL-IN BALLOTS AND VOTING MACHINES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Donald Trump can sign whatever executive order he wants,&rdquo; Shapiro said. &ldquo;It will have absolutely no bearing on our elections here in Pennsylvania, and we will once again have free and fair, safe and secure elections, led by Republican and Democratic clerks of elections in each of our 67 counties.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;People will be able to vote by mail, or people will be able to vote in person,&rdquo; Shapiro emphasized.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pa. governor vows to keep mail-in voting despite Trump order<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2707,"featured_media":2476564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-20-at-4.46.11-AM.png?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4173,5836,3634],"class_list":["post-2476563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-governor","tag-pennsylvania","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-20-at-4.46.11-AM.png?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2476563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2707"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2476563"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2476563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2476567,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2476563\/revisions\/2476567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2476564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2476563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2476563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2476563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}