How you cast your ballot could change in 2026 if President Donald Trump can gain enough support.

President Trump announced on Monday that he will “lead a movement” to ban mail-in ballots and some voting machines ahead of next year’s midterm elections. “ELECTIONS CAN NEVER BE HONEST WITH MAIL IN BALLOTS/VOTING, and everybody, IN PARTICULAR THE DEMOCRATS, KNOWS THIS,” he posted on TruthSocial. "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, which cost Ten Times more than accurate and sophisticated Watermark Paper, which is faster, and leaves NO DOUBT, at the end of the evening, as to who WON, and who LOST, the Election." He told members of the press that an executive order is being written “by the best lawyers in the country to end mail-in ballots because they are corrupt.

Last fall, more than 3,300 Door County residents and 1,500 Kewaunee County residents cast their ballots through the mail.  Common Cause Wisconsin Executive Director Jay Heck is not putting much stock into the threat, adding that there is no evidence of widespread fraud through mail-in voting.

Depending on which voting machines are banned, some municipalities may have to rely on hand-counting ballots or purchase new ones, which, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, can cost between $3,500 and $5,000 apiece. Kewaunee County Clerk Jamie Annoye fears time and mistakes could add up if they were to rely solely on hand counts.

Mail-in voting in Wisconsin has been legal since the Civil War, though it peaked in 2020 due to the pandemic.