Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is calling on U.S. service members and their families to remember to register to vote and cast their ballots before midterm elections, sending a message that supports mail-in voting despite the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict the option.
“Regardless of your home state or current duty status, you can use a standardized federal postcard to register and request a ballot, and if you’re forward deployed and your standard ballot is delayed, you can use the federal write-in absentee ballot,” Hegseth said in a video message Friday.