A group of former Wisconsin Democrats is going on the record as against President Trump’s promised crackdown on mail-in ballots.

The Democracy Defense Project, a group run by former Lt. Gov Mandela Barnes and former Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate, along with former Republican Wisconsin Attorney General JB Van Hollen, on Monday declared its opposition to the president’s promised ban on mail-in ballots.

“The Constitution is clear: the federal government does not administer elections at the state level,” the group said in a statement. “The federal government has no place in managing the individual elections of states. In fact, improved access to voting methods, including the electronic machines Wisconsin uses that produce paper ballots and are unable to be connected to the internet, have benefitted Republicans just as much as Democrats.”

Trump took to Truth Social on Monday to voice his opposition to voting through the mail.

“I am going to lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, and also, while we’re at it, Highly ‘Inaccurate,’ Very Expensive, and Seriously Controversial VOTING MACHINES,” Trump wrote.

Monday’s post and promised order come after the Trump campaign promoted mail-in voting in Wisconsin in the 2024 election.

Wisconsin election managers said in November of last year that nearly 645,000 people requested a mail-in ballot. Almost a million people, 950,000 voted early in-person in that election.

“Wisconsin has displayed time and time again that our elections are safe and secure, and while we can always make them more efficient, there is no tolerance for inaccuracy in our results,” the Democracy Defense Project said in its statement,

“Remember, the States are merely an ‘agent’ for the Federal Government in counting and tabulating the votes. 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,” the president added.

This article was originally published at The MacIver Institute.