BBC - In short, no.
The US Constitution says "times, places and manner of holding elections ... shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof".
It says Congress has a role to "make or alter such regulations", but it does not specify a role for the President.
While Congress can change the way states run presidential and congressional elections, it cannot change how a state runs its own elections, for roles such as governor.
Most experts say this all means that Trump cannot tell states how to carry out 2026 voting.
Trump, though, posted on social media that under the law 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," he wrote on his Truth Social platform.
UCLA election law professor Rick Hasen wrote on his blog that Trump's statement was "wrong and dangerous."
"The Constitution does not give the President any control over federal elections," Hasen wrote.
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