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TELL Congress: Trump and his MAGA loyalists are holding Congress hostage to pass his extreme voter ID bill, the SAVE America Act. Trump is scrambling after the Supreme Court ruled against him in a voting rights case, labeling all opposition to the bill as "CHEATING!" Sign the petition: Block Trump's SAVE America Act! Trump went into full attack mode after the Supreme Court ruled against him in a voting rights case yesterday. He is holding Congress hostage until lawmakers pass his SAVE America Act, an extreme voter ID bill. "There is only one reason to oppose — CHEATING!" Trump ranted on Truth Social.1 His MAGA loyalists in the House refuse to move any legislation forward until the Senate passes one of the worst voter suppression bills in modern history.2 Lawmakers must stand firm against the SAVE America Act and all of Trump's unconstitutional moves to rig the elections. Sign the petition: Reject Trump's authoritarian SAVE America Act and protect our elections!Under Trump’s bill, people can’t register to vote or update their registrations without a passport or original birth certificate — documents that 21 million people don’t have ready access to. Tens of millions of women who’ve changed their last names after marriage and may not have a passport or birth certificate with their current last name could be effectively disenfranchised. And every single voter would need to show a government-issued photo ID with an up-to-date address and current name before casting a ballot.3 Trump and his allies use his far-right conspiracies that the 2020 election was stolen from him because of "mass noncitizen voting" to justify passing the SAVE America Act. It's all made up to rig the midterms and pass his authoritarian policies. MAGA's election scheme is coming to a head — lawmakers must take urgent steps to protect our voting rights. Sign the petition: Urge Congress to block Trump’s move to steal the 2026 midterms. Stand up to Trump and stop the SAVE America Act!Thanks for taking action,  Sources:
Contributions to ActBlue Civics and Demand Progress Action are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. Join our online community on Instagram or Twitter. Receiving too many emails from Demand Progress? You can opt to pause emails from Demand Progress for a month. And of course you can unsubscribe from this list at any time. Don’t Let Trump Sabotage Vote by Mail! 19JUN26Ex-Arizona lawmaker who questioned election integrity gets probation for using forged signaturesAustin Smith previously portrayed the allegations against him as a coordinated attack by Democrats that was “silly on its face.” PHOENIX (AP) — A former Republican lawmaker who questioned the integrity of Arizona’s elections and served as a leader for the conservative group Turning Point Action was sentenced Tuesday to probation and a five-year ban on running for public office for using nominating petitions that contained forged signatures in a bid to qualify for a 2024 primary election. Austin Smith, 30, pleaded guilty in mid-November to charges of attempted fraudulent schemes and practices, and illegal signing of election petitions. He had acknowledged trying to use petitions with forged signatures that he knew were false and forging a dead woman’s signature on a nominating petition. Smith represented an Arizona House district in the Phoenix suburbs for one term before dropping his reelection bid in April 2024 when questions arose about signatures on his nominating petitions. He resigned at the time as a leader at Turning Point Action, the campaign arm of Turning Point USA, which has become a major force in Arizona Republican politics. His bio page said Smith was approached in 2019 by Turning Point co-founder Charlie Kirk and Tyler Bowyer, another top leader of the group, about launching Turning Point Action. Kurt Altman, Smith’s lawyer, told the judge that his client was mortified by his conduct and will never run for public office again. “He realizes that things got out of hand,” Altman said. “And in today’s political atmosphere, things get out of hand very quickly. He is embarrassed by the lapse in judgment.” When handing down the sentence, Superior Court Judge Aryeh Schwartz said the offense undermined the integrity of the election process, but also said Smith accepted responsibility for his actions. Smith, who was also fined $5,500 as part of his sentence, declined to address the judge during sentencing. He also declined to comment outside of court when a reporter asked him if he wanted to do so. The Associated Press left messages for a Turning Point spokesperson. Altman told the judge that Smith has started an agricultural business. Smith previously portrayed the allegations against him as a coordinated attack by Democrats that was “silly on its face,” but said he would drop out of his reelection campaign to avoid racking up legal bills. In campaign literature, Smith voiced support for a Republican-backed review of the 2020 presidential election results in Maricopa County that ultimately ended without producing proof to support President Donald Trump’s false claims of a stolen election. Smith also sponsored an unsuccessful proposal to ban voting by mail and complained in a campaign ad about political elites breaking election laws. __ By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press MY E MAILS TO REP SUBRAMANYAM D-VA 10 TH, SEN MARK WARNER D-VA, AND SEN KAINE D-VA The fascist drumpf/trump-vance administration with most of the congressional fascist gop/greed over people-republican party continues their efforts to replace our democratic Republic with the neo-nazi heritage foundation's project 2025's authoritarian theocratic oligarchy. I expect you to take every action possible to prevent the "save act" or the "save america act" or any other voter suppression legislation they might try to impose from passing in congress. If preventing them from hijacking the 2026 Midterms means the federal government would shut down then do it. We will survive another government shutdown, we probably will not survive this administration's repression and suppression of voting in the 2026 Midterms. Please work with the entire Virginia congressional delegation to defend all Americans voting rights. |
