Beshear calls Trump’s mail-in voting order ‘entirely unconstitutional’

By: McKenna Horsley

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: April 2, 2026

Words: 551

Last Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago


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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said a recent executive order from President Donald Trump to limit mail-in voting nationwide is “wholly and entirely unconstitutional.” However, even if the order stands, most voters in Kentucky do not mail their ballots.

Beshear is the chair of the Democratic Governors Association, which is one of several Democratic groups seeking to block Trump’s executive order with a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday evening. The complaint says the DGA …

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