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Rav Yaakov Jan, the rov of Uman, is urging those traveling to Uman for the annual Rosh Hashanah trip to pay the city’s tourist tax following what he says is a commitment from Uman officials to improve and renovate streets in the city’s Jewish area.

The appeal comes amid a growing dispute over the tax, with some activists calling on visitors to refuse payment. Rav Jan said that while the tax should be paid, there must also be oversight to ensure that the money collected from visitors is actually used for its intended purposes.

According to Rav Jan, the municipality’s spending of the funds should be carefully monitored, particularly when it comes to infrastructure and streets in the areas where tens of thousands of visitors stay during the annual pilgrimage. He said cooperation with municipal officials, combined with proper accountability, should allow visitors to see tangible improvements on the ground.

Ichud Breslov, meanwhile, pointed to three reasons for travelers to take care of the payment before arriving in Uman.

Those who pay through the designated website in advance are charged $27, a lower amount than visitors who wait until they arrive in the city. Paying ahead of time is also expected to reduce long lines and congestion at the collection station near the bus terminals.

Breslover officials said there is another important consideration: Advance payment helps formally coordinate the massive Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage with local authorities, an issue that has taken on added importance while Ukraine remains at war.

Breslover activist Levi Yitzchak Gewirtz also sharply criticized those encouraging visitors to withhold the tax.

“In light of publications by certain individuals calling for people not to pay the tourist tax in the city of Uman, we wish to make it unequivocally clear: Breslover chassidim disassociate themselves from these irresponsible calls and from the nonsense being published on the subject,” Gewirtz said.

He argued that Ukraine’s willingness to permit tens of thousands of Breslover chassidim to enter the country during wartime, while devoting resources to accommodating them and protecting their safety, carries with it an obligation for visitors to respect Ukrainian law.

Gewirtz noted that tourist taxes are commonplace in cities around the world and said the Uman levy is collected in accordance with Ukrainian law.

“We come to Uman as law-abiding guests, and we must respect the laws of the country and the local authorities,” he said.

Gewirtz acknowledged that visitors have every right to engage municipal officials and demand that more of the money be invested in infrastructure and services benefiting those who come to Uman. Such concerns, he said, do not justify violating the law or refusing to pay the required tax.

“G-d forbid that we should become partners with revolutionary and irresponsible elements who decided on their own to launch a ‘tax war’ against the Uman municipality and the State of Ukraine,” Gewirtz said.

He added that the Breslov community appreciates the willingness of both Ukraine and the Uman municipality to continue accommodating the tens of thousands of visitors despite the difficult circumstances created by the war.

The proper way to seek better conditions, Gevirtz concluded, is through dialogue with officials and oversight of how the funds are spent, not through calls to withhold payment.

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Humanoid robots shattered longstanding human athletic records while also producing plenty of awkward spills and comical mishaps at the World Robot Games in Beijing over the weekend, as China put its rapidly advancing robotics technology on full display.

Scores of humanoid machines, accompanied by the engineers and operators controlling them, gathered Sunday at Beijing’s Olympic speed skating arena for competitions ranging from track events and soccer to boxing and martial arts.

One of the weekend’s most striking performances came during Saturday’s opening ceremony, when a Chinese humanoid robot recorded a 100-meter time faster than the world record held by Jamaican sprinting legend Usain Bolt. The achievement quickly became a major story across Chinese state media.

Tiangong Ultra, a white humanoid robot without a head, completed the 100-meter sprint in 9.39 seconds, according to state broadcaster CCTV. Bolt’s world record, established in 2009, stands at 9.58 seconds.

The machines delivered another record-breaking performance on Sunday when the same model demolished the human world record in the 400 meters by nearly five seconds.

Tiangong Ultra, which was created by a Beijing research center backed by the local government, crossed the finish line in 38.16 seconds. Officials subsequently adjusted the recorded time slightly, to 38.15 seconds.

The racing was not always graceful. During one 400-meter heat, a robot covered in a white shell swung its arms wildly from side to side as it raced around the track, pitching so far forward that spectators openly wondered whether it was about to crash.

As it approached the finish line, the machine began wobbling noticeably but somehow managed to complete the race without toppling over.

In fact, some of the biggest reactions from the crowd came when things went wrong. Several robotic competitors were unable to get moving when their races began.

Other robots proceeded around the track at little more than a fast walking pace, while some collapsed almost immediately after the starting signal.

The soccer competition provided its own entertainment, with children and parents laughing as one toddler-sized humanoid sent the ball sailing completely off the field and over the knee-high barriers surrounding the pitch.

Even the slow-moving and somewhat awkward soccer action drew an enthusiastic response, with spectators roaring whenever the waddling robots managed to put the ball into the lightly defended goal.

Boxing proved equally unpredictable. The audience burst into laughter when one humanoid lost its balance inside the ring, staggered sideways and folded itself over the ropes. It remained there motionless until human handlers came over and carried it away.

For 72-year-old Beijing resident Hou Yali, the extraordinary speed displayed by some of the robots raised another question: how would they fare if they competed directly against people?

“We’ll be able to see more clearly whether machines can surpass humans,” said Hou, who is retired and lives in Beijing.

Still, she cautioned that outrunning humans is very different from demonstrating the intelligence and practical abilities that could make robots genuinely useful in everyday life.

“Right now, this is just running, just a competition of speed. It’s not a test of intelligence, or hiring someone to do household tasks or act as live-in help,” she said.

Hou currently pays human aides to come to her home each week to prepare meals and handle cleaning, but she said she would be interested in having robots eventually take over those responsibilities.

“With the development of our country’s economy, people have more money in their pockets, and they may decide to use robots,” she said.

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New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill has signed sweeping legislation expanding the state’s legal protections for abortion and gender-transition services, strengthening New Jersey’s efforts to shield patients and providers from legal action originating in states where such procedures may be restricted or prohibited.

Sherrill signed S2260/A2218 into law Thursday during an event outside a Planned Parenthood facility in Montclair. The measure took effect immediately and significantly expands New Jersey’s existing “shield law” governing reproductive health care.

The legislation covers a broad category the state defines as reproductive health care, including “abortion, contraception, miscarriage management, assisted reproductive technology and services related to gender identity or expression.” It establishes additional protections for patients seeking such services in New Jersey and for medical professionals who provide them.

“Today is a historic day in New Jersey. The signing of S2260/A2218 sends a message to the country that in New Jersey we protect reproductive and gender affirming health care,” Sherrill said at the signing. “This legislation will ensure that everyone can access the care that they need safely and with dignity.”

Among the law’s most consequential provisions are expanded safeguards against efforts by other states to investigate, prosecute or impose civil liability on people for health care activity that is lawful in New Jersey. The measure limits New Jersey’s cooperation with certain out-of-state subpoenas, court judgments and criminal proceedings involving protected care performed legally within the state.

The law also establishes a new criminal offense of “interference with reproductive health care services.” The provision applies to specified conduct intended to interfere with people seeking or providing covered health services and creates potential criminal consequences for violations.

The measure additionally gives patients and providers new avenues to pursue civil claims in certain circumstances and strengthens protections surrounding access to facilities providing abortion or gender-transition services. Supporters say those provisions are intended to prevent intimidation, harassment and physical obstruction outside medical facilities.

Critics, however, have raised First Amendment concerns about portions of the law affecting activity outside such facilities, particularly their potential application to protesters and individuals engaged in sidewalk counseling or prayer. Conservative opponents argue that the statute could chill constitutionally protected speech and religious expression.

Another major component of the legislation expands New Jersey’s shield protections to explicitly encompass gender-transition-related medical care. Advocates of the measure had sought the change as numerous other states moved to restrict such treatments, particularly for minors.

The legislation also addresses insurance protections and professional consequences for medical providers. Supporters say doctors and other providers who perform care that is lawful under New Jersey law should not face professional or legal repercussions in the state solely because another jurisdiction prohibits the same treatment.

New Jersey already has some of the nation’s strongest statutory protections for abortion. State law guarantees a right to abortion, and officials have sought to position New Jersey as a destination for patients coming from states where abortion has been restricted following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade. State legislative findings have cited an approximately 30% increase in patients arriving from outside New Jersey for reproductive health services.

The new legislation builds upon protections enacted under Gov. Phil Murphy, but goes substantially further in establishing barriers against legal actions initiated elsewhere and extending the shield framework to gender-transition services.

Supporters spent nearly three years pushing for the legislation. Advocacy organizations including Planned Parenthood Action Fund of New Jersey and Garden State Equality hailed Sherrill’s signature, saying the measure makes clear that medical providers and patients operating legally in New Jersey will be protected from attempts by other states to punish them.

The bill cleared the Legislature on June 30. The Senate ultimately approved S2260 by a 25-15 vote before the measure was sent to Sherrill for her signature.

The signing further solidifies New Jersey as one of the country’s most aggressive states in protecting abortion and gender-transition services at a time when state governments across the country are moving in sharply different directions on both issues.

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President Donald Trump said that construction of his planned White House ballroom and military complex is running “under budget” and “ahead of schedule,” one day after Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily cleared the administration to continue work on the project.

“Tremendous work has been done on the magnificent BALLROOM/MILITARY COMPLEX being built on the grounds of the White House!” Trump wrote on Truth Social, posting a photograph showing progress at the construction site.

The massive project has become the subject of multiple legal challenges and heightened scrutiny amid reports that the administration intended to draw on congressional appropriations designated for other federal agencies to help cover construction expenses.

Trump initially said the $400 million project would be financed entirely through private contributions. The projected price tag subsequently climbed to $600 million, according to records reported by The Washington Post.

Contractor documents dating to March 2025 reportedly indicated that officials anticipated approximately $293 million would come from private donations, with additional funding potentially drawn from taxpayer-supported budgets belonging to entities including the U.S. Secret Service and the White House Military Office.

Trump, however, again insisted Saturday that taxpayers would not be responsible for the project, while declaring that construction is progressing faster and more economically than planned.

“The Ballroom will be paid for with ZERO Dollars of Taxpayer Money,” he continued. “Great American Patriots and Companies are footing the entire bill.”

The Hill said it contacted the White House seeking additional information regarding the financing and status of the project.

Trump’s comments came after Roberts issued an order Friday allowing the administration to temporarily resume construction. The chief justice put on hold a lower court directive that would have stopped above-ground work on the ballroom complex.

The Supreme Court action does not resolve the underlying legal dispute or constitute a final decision on whether construction may ultimately proceed. Instead, the temporary order gives the justices additional time to consider the Trump administration’s emergency appeal while allowing work to continue in the meantime.

Attorney General Todd Blanche welcomed Roberts’s intervention, saying he was “extraordinarily appreciative” of the chief justice’s decision.

“There has been a need for a ballroom and a safe space and a military installation for decades on the White House grounds, and President Trump has delivered on that,” Blanche told Fox News on Friday. “And so, we’re going to continue to let the process move forward through the courts, but we’re appreciative we got this stay yesterday and we’re going to keep on building.”

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Dear Matzav Inbox,

I can’t read another article on Matzav about the Lakewood bussing situation. It infuriates me and I’ll explain to the olam why.

Maybe it’s time for Lakewood to stop begging.

After this latest LSTA disaster, with families suddenly being told that non-mandated busing will cost $945 per child instead of $385, I keep coming back to one question: Does anyone in Trenton understand what Lakewood’s frum parents are saving the State of New Jersey every single year?

Maybe they need to be reminded.

According to the New Jersey Department of Education’s own review of the Lakewood school district, Lakewood has approximately 50,000 school-age children, with about 84% — roughly 42,000 children — attending nonpublic schools, most of them private religious schools. (If my numbers are slightly off, I apologize, but I believe that I’m in the ballpark.)

Think about that number for a minute.

More than 40,000 children in one town are being educated outside the public-school system. Their parents pay property taxes like everyone else. They pay state taxes like everyone else. But they don’t ask the government to provide their children with public-school classrooms, teachers, principals, textbooks, buildings and everything else that comes with educating a child.

And now we’re fighting over buses?

Maybe it’s time for every frum parent in Lakewood to register his or her children for public school. Seriously.

No more meetings. No more carefully worded letters explaining Lakewood’s “unique circumstances.” Just show up and register 40,000-plus children for public school and say: Here you go. You educate them.

Where exactly would they put them?

According to the New Jersey Department of Education, the average Budgetary Cost Per Pupil in New Jersey for the 2024-25 school year was $21,199. And that figure doesn’t even include transportation, school construction debt and certain other major expenses.

Do the math.

40,000 additional students multiplied by $21,199 comes to nearly $848 million a year.

$848 million a year!

And we’re fighting over $2.7 million? Peerim.

If you use the roughly 42,000 figure indicated by the state’s own Lakewood numbers, you’re approaching $900 million annually using that statewide per-pupil average.

And again, that $21,199 figure doesn’t even include transportation.

The state’s broader Total Spending Per Pupil figure, which does include transportation and a number of other expenses, is $29,978. I’m not suggesting that you can simply multiply that number by every private-school child and declare that Lakewood is “saving” the state that exact amount. Obviously, school funding and expenses are more complicated than that. But come on.

We’re talking about tens of thousands of children who would have to be accommodated somehow if their parents actually exercised their right to send them to public school. The financial and logistical cost would be staggering.

And what are Lakewood parents asking for? A ride to school. That’s what makes this so infuriating.

People love to say, “Well, in other cities, if you send your child to private school, you pay for transportation yourself.” Fine. Lakewood is not other cities.

Lakewood has tens of thousands of private-school children traveling every morning to scores upon scores of schools scattered across town. We have a road system that was never designed for anything remotely resembling our current population. Traffic is already unbearable. And Lakewood has nothing resembling an adequate public transportation system that would allow thousands of older children to get themselves to school without buses.

Those two problems — inadequate infrastructure and inadequate public transportation — are not the fault of parents.

In Lakewood, busing isn’t some cute little perk. It is part of what keeps the town functioning.

Imagine taking thousands of children off buses and putting them into thousands of additional cars every morning and afternoon. Anyone who has driven down Route 9 at 8:30 in the morning should understand why that is not a serious solution.

And meanwhile, the elephant in the room remains untouched: Lakewood’s private-school community is educating more than 40,000 children without asking the public-school system to actually educate them.

Nobody is asking New Jersey to pay the tuition.

Nobody is asking the state to pay the rebbeim.

Nobody is asking the state to pay for the teachers, menahelim, classrooms, school buildings or the electric bills.

We’re asking for buses.

The state should be looking at Lakewood and saying, “You mean tens of thousands of children are being educated privately and transportation is what we have to help with? Where do we sign?”

Instead, parents are being handed a bill for $945 per child.

Maybe the people making these decisions have become so accustomed to Lakewood parents sending their children to private schools that they have forgotten the alternative.

Perhaps they need to see it. Register the kids. Forty thousand of them.

Let the state explain where they should report on the first day of school. Let them find the classrooms. Let them find the buildings. Let them figure out the transportation. And let them figure out how to pay for it all.

The state has the luxury of never having to confront what Lakewood’s educational reality would cost if tens of thousands of families weren’t paying to educate their own children.

Perhaps it’s time that somebody in Trenton took out a calculator.

More than 40,000 children. More than $21,000 per public-school student under the state’s own average budgetary-cost figure.

And Lakewood is fighting over buses.

If New Jersey thinks courtesy busing is expensive, they should try the alternative.

It’s time, rabbosai, to teach them a lesson.

Who’s ready to enroll in public school along with my kids?

Sincerely,

A Fed-Up Lakewood Parent

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An IDF career soldier was stabbed multiple times in a terror attack in the Jordan Valley on Sunday morning after stopping near a shopping center while traveling with his pregnant wife for an anniversary vacation.

The victim, Elchanan Chanania, was taken to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Yerushalayim, where his condition stabilized. His brothers said he was expected to undergo surgery.

Chanania’s brothers, Shlomo and Yosef, said the couple had been heading to northern Israel for a family getaway marking their wedding anniversary when they stopped along the way.

According to the brothers, Chanania got out of his vehicle to purchase cigarettes when the terrorist came up behind him and attacked. They said he was stabbed three times in the shoulder and twice in the back before the assailant escaped.

“We hope they catch him and give him the death penalty. Am Yisrael Chai,” the brothers said, urging security forces to quickly locate the attacker.

Magen David Adom received the initial report of the stabbing at 9:18 a.m. Paramedics, together with IDF personnel, treated Chanania at the scene for penetrating wounds before transporting him by intensive care ambulance to Shaare Zedek.

MDA emergency medic Gal Shani said Chanania remained conscious throughout the initial treatment.

“We received a report about a man who had been stabbed,” Shani said. “We met the wounded man, who was fully conscious and suffering from a stab wound to his upper body. We provided medical treatment and evacuated him in an intensive care ambulance to the hospital in moderate condition and fully conscious.”

A preliminary police probe found that Chanania had pulled over on Route 90 near a commercial center and was outside his vehicle when the terrorist approached from behind, stabbed him and fled.

Security forces immediately launched an extensive search for the attacker. IDF troops and police established roadblocks around Al-Auja and nearby communities as forces began combing the area.

The IDF later said the search had expanded across the Al-Auja and Jericho areas, with soldiers questioning suspects and collecting intelligence that could lead them to the terrorist.

Military officials said forces were also remaining in continuous communication with residents and local security personnel as the manhunt continued.

Police officers from the Jordan Valley station, along with forensic teams from the Judea and Samaria District, opened an investigation and began gathering evidence from the scene of the attack.

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Former U.S. intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard announced on Sunday that he is entering Israeli politics.

Appearing with former deputy foreign minister Sharren Haskel at the Kosel, Pollard said he would run for the Knesset on the slate of the newly formed Israel First Party founded by Haskel.

The 72-year-old Pollard said the failures surrounding Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack had convinced him that Israel has been “abandoned and betrayed” by its leadership.

“With you, I hope there will be a new government dedicated to protecting the land and the people of Israel,” said Pollard.

After Oct. 7, 2023, “no one wanted to take responsibility,” he said.

He also praised Haskel for her past efforts on his behalf, saying she had worked quietly and effectively without seeking credit.

“The only way to prevent another Oct. 7 is to put people like you in positions of responsibility,” he said.

Haskel welcomed Pollard’s decision to join her political platform, saying his support was both a privilege and a responsibility.

Pollard, an American-born Jew, was arrested by the FBI in 1985 while working as a civilian U.S. Navy intelligence analyst in Washington. He pleaded guilty to providing classified information to Israel and was sentenced to life in prison in 1987.

He was released on parole in 2015 and moved to Israel in 2020 after restrictions on his movement expired.

The Canadian-born Haskel is a former Likud lawmaker who later joined Gideon Sa’ar’s New Hope Party. Haskel broke with Sa’ar in July 2026 after he backed legislation shielding Haredi draft refusers from arrest, which she said undermined national security and her principles.

Israel’s general election is set for Oct. 27, 2026.

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Key West, Florida, has elected its first Jewish mayor in the city’s nearly two centuries of history, with longtime city commissioner and attorney Samuel Kaufman defeating incumbent Mayor Dee Dee Henriquez in Tuesday’s election.

Kaufman told JNS that the historic nature of his election carries particular meaning for him, especially given the role Jews have played in the island community over the years.

“To carry that forward and to contribute in a positive way to the entire city as a Jewish person, given our values and given what it means to me to be a Jewish person, it’s an incredible honor and responsibility,” Kaufman said. “It gives me incredible pride to be that first Jewish mayor.”

Although the mayor’s office in Key West is officially nonpartisan, Kaufman is a Democrat, while Henriquez is a Republican. Kaufman captured approximately 58% of the vote, compared with 42% for the incumbent.

Born in New York City, Kaufman has spent the past three decades building his professional career in Key West. He said his victory included support from Republican voters who crossed party lines following a major corruption controversy that rocked the incumbent city administration.

“We had a really huge corruption scandal,” Kaufman told JNS. “Our city attorney, our city building official and our city code enforcement director were all taken out in handcuffs.”

Three officials connected to the administration were charged with felonies involving evidence tampering in 2025, a development that Kaufman said played a role in the political environment surrounding this year’s election.

Key West, the largest municipality in the Florida Keys, has approximately 25,000 permanent residents. Kaufman estimates that roughly 1,000 members of the city’s population are Jewish.

The city’s population, however, swells dramatically because of tourism. Key West estimates that approximately 3 million visitors arrive each year, and the impact of that enormous tourist presence emerged as a major concern for residents during the mayoral race.

“We don’t want five cruise ships a day,” Kaufman said. “We can’t accommodate that. We don’t have the infrastructure for that.”

“We like one cruise ship a day, on my side of the political scale,” he told JNS. “Others may want three or four ships a day.”

Politically, Kaufman characterized Key West as a “liberal blue” enclave within the more conservative Monroe County. Despite its liberal political leanings, he said the city has largely avoided the anti-Israel activism that has surfaced in some other progressive communities.

Kaufman attributed that in part to Key West’s ties to its Jewish population and to the significant number of Israelis with connections to the city.

“You won’t see Palestinian flags ever in the city,” Kaufman told JNS. “The same week as Oct. 7, I sponsored a resolution, and it was unanimously approved by our city commission, condemning the terrorist attack and supporting the State of Israel.”

Kaufman said the city went even further by displaying the Israeli flag outside City Hall following the Oct. 7 terrorist attack.

“As a result of that we’re probably the only city in the state and in the country that raised the Israeli flag on our City Hall, next to our state flag, next to the American flag,” he said. “It stayed there for four months.”

Kaufman describes himself as a “somewhat observant” Jew and said he davens at the local Chabad. With his election victory coming shortly before the High Holidays, the mayor-elect said he is especially looking forward to celebrating the upcoming Yomim Tovim with the local Jewish community.

“It’s going to be a bigger party than ever,” he said. “People should feel excited about going to such a special place like Key West.”

“We’re an inclusive place that will even elect a Jewish mayor,” Kaufman said.

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The U.S. Postal Service is moving ahead with new requirements governing the distribution of mail-in ballots ahead of the November midterm elections, adopting rules that closely track a President Donald Trump executive order even after a federal judge blocked enforcement of that directive.

USPS announced the new guidelines Friday, outlining conditions states would have to meet for the Postal Service to distribute mail-in and absentee ballots. The changes stem from Trump’s March executive order aimed at tightening requirements surrounding mail voting.

The details are contained in a 95-page USPS report scheduled to be formally published Aug. 26. Under the plan, states seeking Postal Service distribution of mail ballots would be required to provide information identifying voters considered eligible based on citizenship data, similar to provisions contained in Trump’s executive order.

States would have until 60 days before the Nov. 3 midterm elections to inform USPS that they intend to provide a list of eligible voters based on citizenship information. The Postal Service would then distribute mail-in or absentee ballots to those residents.

Postmaster General David Steiner indicated in June that USPS planned to follow Trump’s directive. Testifying before senators, Steiner said the new approach was designed to ensure “the right ballots are going to the right people.”

But in August, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued a nationwide order blocking implementation of the president’s directive. Talwani said making significant changes to election procedures so close to the midterms could produce unnecessary “confusion” and “chaos.”

“That it is now less than 90 days before the November 3, 2026 midterm elections underscores the critical need for an injunction to prevent Defendants from changing election rules on the eve of the election,” Talwani wrote in her ruling.

The White House defended its election agenda following the court decision. Spokesperson Lauren Bis said the administration “will continue lawfully enacting the agenda President Trump was elected to enact – which includes the safety and security of American elections.”

Trump has long criticized widespread use of mail-in voting and has repeatedly alleged that the system is susceptible to extensive voter fraud, claims that have not been substantiated by evidence demonstrating widespread fraud through mail ballots.

The president also sharply criticized a Supreme Court ruling in late June that upheld the counting of mail ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but received afterward. Trump described the ruling as a “tremendous loss in the Supreme Court.”

Mail voting continues to represent a substantial portion of ballots cast nationwide. According to a June report from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, 30.3% of votes in the 2024 general election were cast by mail — nearly one out of every three ballots and significantly above the levels recorded before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trump has also continued pressing Congress to enact stricter federal voting requirements. During an interview in August, he declined to dismiss the possibility of declaring a national emergency if the Senate failed to approve the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, or SAVE America, Act.

The legislation would require individuals to provide proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote and to present photo identification when casting ballots at polling places.

Asked about the possibility of taking emergency action if the measure did not pass, Trump left the door open.

“Let me just say that stranger things have happened, OK? I’ll leave it at that,” he said.

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