President Donald Trump has indicated that he could act unilaterally to abolish mail-in balloting through an executive order ahead of next year’s midterms, but he could face opposition to such a move within his own party, NBC News reported Sunday.

Voter turnout by mail was more than 30% in at least 14 states and the District of Columbia, according to the most recent data available. Trump won half of those states, most of which have Republican governors or secretaries of state overseeing elections. 

“My view on vote-by-mail is that I think it should be permissible,” Michigan state House Majority Leader Bryan Posthumus, a Republican who endorsed Trump last year, told NBC News. “But I also believe that currently, the way it exists, specifically in Michigan, it is the highest risk for fraud.”

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