TELL CONGRESS: Republicans are proposing drastic funding cuts for the 2026 elections. If these cuts are passed, the safety, security, and freedom of our elections will be at serious risk. Sign the petition: Fully fund the 2026 midterms to protect free elections and our voting rights.

Republicans just released a budget bill that provides only $15 million for election administration in states for 2026.1 In 2020, the funding allocation was $825 million, and the same funding is needed right now to protect free midterm elections, upgrade outdated voting machines, and ensure every eligible voter can access the ballot box.

When the House GOP released its budget proposal, it claimed that stopping so-called “non-citizen voting” was a top priority.2 This is just more racist, anti-democratic disinformation from Republicans, all aimed at voter suppression.

As Trump and the Texas GOP pursue extreme, partisan gerrymandering and try to steal the 2026 midterms,3 it’s critical that our lawmakers in Congress prioritize fully funding elections and protecting our voting rights.

Sign the petition: Protect the 2026 midterms — don’t defund America’s elections!

Fully funding the 2026 midterms will allow states to: update their voting machines instead of using ones that are decades old and vulnerable to cyberattacks, failures, and errors; lower barriers to vote in the face of voter suppression measures that target communities of color and young people; fight election disinformation; and give rural and low-income communities the resources they need to administer their elections.

Instead of funding elections, Republicans are scrambling to rig the U.S. House district maps and suppress the vote. They know Trump’s policies have been an unpopular disaster, so they’re doing everything they can to skirt the law and cheat to win. We must pressure lawmakers in Congress to fully fund our elections!

Sign the petition: Fund the midterm elections and fight GOP propaganda!

Thanks for taking action,

Joey and the Demand Progress team

Sources:

  1. Subcommittee Markup from Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, "Financial Services And General Government Appropriations Bill, 2026,” July 20, 2025.
  2. The U.S. House Appropriations Committee Press Release, “Committee Releases FY26 Financial Services and General Government Bill,” July 20, 2025.
  3. Truthout, “Democrats Are Struggling to Block Trump’s Texas Power Grab,” August 1, 2025.

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