TELL CONGRESS: Trump is preparing an executive order to claim illegal powers over American elections as he claims he’s “entitled” to a third term as president. The White House wants to declare a national emergency based on MAGA conspiracy theories that the 2020 election was stolen. Sign the petition: Block Trump’s attempts to rig the midterm elections!

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Trump is plotting an executive order to declare a national emergency that would allow him to take sweeping control over the 2026 midterm elections.¹

Senator Alex Padilla said the “illegal, unconstitutional” order could include “banning mail-in voting, eliminating major voting registration methods, voter purges, and/or new document barriers for registering to vote and voting.”²

Trump’s MAGA loyalists are pulling out all the stops to suppress the vote: authoritarian emergency orders, devastating voter suppression bills like the SAVE Act, and Steve Bannon’s call for ICE to “surround the polls” in November.³ Trump even said he’s “entitled” to an unconstitutional third term in the White House. It’s urgent that Congress prevents Trump’s insidious election plans.

Sign the petition: Urge Congress to block Trump’s move to steal the 2026 midterms. Stop Trump’s national emergency and the SAVE Act!

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The SAVE Act would require government-issued photo ID to vote in federal elections and proof of citizenship in order to register to vote.⁴

Republicans are using anti-immigrant conspiracy theories and the myth of mass “noncitizen voting” to try to justify their voter suppression campaign.⁵

Senator Padilla is organizing a joint resolution to help thwart any illegal Trump emergency order on election interference.⁶ Congress must act immediately.

Sign the petition: Reject Trump’s authoritarian policies to rig the midterms!

Thanks for taking action,

Joey and the Demand Progress team

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Sources:

1. Washington Post, “Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency”, February 26, 2026.
2. Democracy Docket, “Senate Dems aim to disrupt Trump bid to declare national emergency on elections”, March 2, 2026.
3. Democracy Docket, “White House ‘can’t guarantee’ ICE won’t be at polls”, February 5, 2026.
4. CNBC, “SAVE Act voter ID bill is on the minds of Trump and Congress: What to know”, February 6, 2026.
5. Democracy Docket, “New version of GOP suppression bill would impose nationwide proof of citizenship, photo ID requirements”, February 7, 2026.
6. Democracy Docket, “Senate Dems aim to disrupt Trump bid to declare national emergency on elections”, March 2, 2026.

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