Rep. Bryan Steil calls for an end to universal mail-in voting before midterm elections

Congressman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., on Monday called for universal mail-in voting to end before the 2026 midterm elections. 

"I think there's a few things that we should be able to get in place before the next election," Steil said on the "Just the News, No Noise" TV show. "One is making sure that we end what they call universal mail-in voting, which means if you're on the voter rolls, you get a live ballot regardless of whether or not you've requested it."

He said that universal mail-in voting has been a problem because many jurisdictions don't clean up their voter rolls. 

"That's very true, even in our nation's capital, in Washington, D.C., where they've done an abysmal job of cleaning up the voter rolls, but then mail out a live ballot to everyone on those voter rolls, even though they're not cleaned up.," Steil said. 

Earlier this month, President Donald Trump announced via TRUTH Social that he would lead a movement to get rid of mail-in-ballots and voting machines due to fraud and corruption.

Steil said that another issue that needs to be solved before the midterms is having all ballots being in by the time the polls close.

"I went to LA County in California two days after the last presidential election, and what I saw was concerning," he said. "There were a vast number of ballots still arriving."