Massachusetts Secretary of State Bill Galvin is dismissing President Trump’s pledge to eliminate the mail-in voting “hoax,” saying it won’t hold up in court.

President Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social on Monday, “I am going to lead a movement to get rid of mail-in ballots” through an executive order ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

“Democrats are virtually Unelectable without using this completely disproven Mail-In SCAM,” the president wrote.

But Galvin told GBH this week that mail-in ballots are popular, effective and secure, and there is no evidence proving Trump’s claim that mail-in ballots lead to fraud.

“We’ve had a number of elections — and they’re continuing through this year with municipal elections — where people are choosing to vote by mail. They’

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