The Brief President Donald Trump plans to issue an executive order to ban mail-in ballots and voting machines before the 2026 midterm elections. President Donald Trump said he plans to sign an executive order to get rid of mail-in ballots and voting machines ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Mail-In ballots. And we as a Republican Party are going to do everything possible that we get rid of Mail-In ballots, Trump said. So between paper ballots, very, very important paper ballots and I think maybe even more important, the mail in voting, we're going to end Mail-In voting.