Fellow Conservative,

On Tuesday President Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to take action “to protect the integrity of our election process."

This order is well-designed, comprehensive, and will ensure that the federal government assists the states in conducting “free, fair, and honest elections unmarked by fraud, errors, or suspicion.”

SAVEing our Elections

In the last Congress the House of Representatives passed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, a bill to require proof of citizenship to anyone registering to vote. Unfortunately, it did not pass the Democrat-controlled Senate. Thankfully, the White House has taken many of the SAVE Act’s measures and is implementing them via executive order.

President Trump’s“Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections” order directs a flurry of critical directives including:
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) must require proof of citizenship for federal voter registration and deny grants to states that refuse to comply.

• The EAC must update voting system standards to ensure a voter-verifiable paper record to prevent fraud or mistake.
• The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must provide state and local officials with free access to its databases for verifying voter citizenship and investigating illegal voter registrations.
• The Department of Justice must establish information-sharing agreements with states to investigate election law violations, including fraudulent voting and voter intimidation.
• The DOJ must take legal action against states that count absentee ballots received after Election Day.
• At last, we have a President committed to safeguarding our elections. But just as easily as President Trump issued this order, a future President could also issue an Executive Order undoing it.
• This is where you come in.

At last, we have a President committed to safeguarding our elections. But just as easily as President Trump issued this order, a future President could also issue an Executive Order undoing it.

This is where you come in.

Petitioning Congress

Here are some of the myths you may hear:

MYTH: The SAVE Act would make it difficult - or even impossible - for married women who have changed their last name to register to vote.

FACT: There are multiple types of documents that can be used to prove citizenship and every state will have to have a process where, if there is a change of name but the applicant is the same person, the state has to accept the application.

MYTH: Many lawful Americans would not have the correct documentation to register under the SAVE Act, and that most voters could not use their driver's license – even REAL IDs — for registration.

FACT: Many states are already moving to make citizenship status included on a person’s driver’s license. However, even in cases where someone has a driver's license that doesn’t comply with REAL ID, there are multiple types of documents they can use to register to vote.

MYTH: The SAVE Act would put a significant administrative and financial burden on states to implement, and overwhelm election offices by eliminating automatic voter registration at state agencies like the DMV.

FACT: Election officials already have a duty to determine a voter’s eligibility when they register them to vote. They have a responsibility to determine whether an applicant is an eligible resident of the state, as well as a citizen. If someone provides proof of citizenship, it actually makes it easier for them to do their job.

Congress will need the support of the people to push this bill through.

>>>Call your representative and tell them to ensure free, fair, and honest elections in America.

Happening in States

Indiana

Protecting the integrity of our elections is not only a responsibility of the federal government, but also of the states. In Indiana, the legislature has taken the initiative to ban foreign money from being used to fund ballot measures in the Hoosier state.

Indiana became the 4th state this year to pass such legislation, and we encourage Governor Mike Braun to sign HB 1467 into law.

Kentucky

Kentucky quickly followed suit with HB 45 which also protects state elections from foreign funding.

The one-two combination of effective state and federal legislation is slowly but surely bolstering the securing of our elections and instilling faith in the American people that they can trust the results.

Oklahoma

The grassroots in Oklahoma were able to fend off an attempt to insert the Left-wing Environmental, Social, and Governance agenda into law in the Sooner State.

SB 714 would have amended the Energy Discrimination Elimination Act of 2022 to take away the Treasurer’s enforcement authority of the law. Instead of two “cops” to enforce the law, SB 714 would reduce enforcement power to just the Attorney General – inhibiting Oklahoma’s ability to stop woke finance..

Importantly, it is the Treasurer who maintains a list of several banks that cannot do business with the state if the institution has publicly expressed opposition to oil and gas companies in an effort to push their “green agenda.”

On Thursday however, this bill was defeated, allowing the government of Oklahoma to continue to look after their taxpayers’ dollars by only doing business with companies that reject political ESG standards and the “green” agenda.

In Case You Missed It

Heritage Action’s Vice President, Janae Stracke, attended a “Defund Planned Parenthood” press conference on the National Mall urging Congress to stop funding abortions with taxpayers’ dollars.

As much as we enjoyed being there and spending time with fellow Pro-Life activists, we sincerely hope this is the last one we will have to attend. It’s time for Congress to step up and begin to protect the most vulnerable among us: the unborn.

Nothing we do would be possible without your support and continued engagement. Thank you for caring and fighting for America’s future.

- Ryan and the Heritage Action team

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