TELL CONGRESS: Trump is eyeing an executive order to claim illegal powers over American elections, steal the midterms, and hold onto power for an unconstitutional third term. The order would declare a national emergency based on MAGA conspiracy theories that the 2020 election was stolen. Sign the petition: Stop Trump’s emergency midterms power grab!
Keith,
Trump is plotting an executive order to declare a national emergency that would allow him to take sweeping control over the 2026 midterm elections — and Trumpworld is ready.1
Steve Bannon said ICE should surround the polls in November.2 Trump is trying to seize state voter data and send election deniers to rig elections nationwide.3 And Trump’s emergency order would ban mail-in voting, eliminate key voter registration methods, purge voter rolls, and enforce other extreme voter suppression policies.4
Senate Democrats are organizing a joint resolution that could thwart this authoritarian executive order. Congress must move quickly to pass it before it’s too late.
Republicans are using anti-immigrant conspiracy theories about mass “noncitizen voting” and outright lies about the 2020 election to try to justify their extreme voter suppression.
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker said, “Donald Trump’s plan to steal the 2026 midterm elections is already underway.”5
Election rigging is a top priority of the Trump administration. Congress must act immediately, and loudly, to prevent the end of free and fair elections in America.
Sign the petition: Reject Trump’s authoritarian election emergency executive order!
Thanks for taking action,
Joey and the Demand Progress team
Sources:
- The Washington Post, “Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency,” February 26, 2026.
- Democracy Docket, “Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections,” February 4, 2026.
- Stateline, “In bid for voter data, Trump’s DOJ lays groundwork to undermine confidence in midterms,” March 13, 2026.
- Democracy Docket, “Senate Dems aim to disrupt Trump bid to declare national emergency on elections,” March 2, 2026.
- Common Dreams, “‘Batshit Authoritarianism’: Trump Allies Drafting Order to Give Him ‘Extraordinary Power Over Voting’,” February 26, 2026.
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