Former President Donald J. Trump has called for an end to mail-in voting, advocating for a return to paper ballots. Trump asserted that such a change would result in Republicans gaining 100 additional seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. This position has been echoed by Republican Representative Bryan Steil, who has urged the cessation of universal mail-in voting ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, emphasizing reforms such as requiring ballots to be requested rather than mailed automatically. The proposal to eliminate mail-in voting and switch to exclusively paper ballots has been presented as a priority legislative action by Trump and some Republican lawmakers.