TELL THE U.S. SENATE: Governors J.B. Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are issuing the same urgent warning: Trump could use the military to disrupt the 2026 midterms. Pritzker said of Trump, “He’d like to stop the elections in 2026, or, frankly, take control of those elections.” The GOP is aiding Trump’s escalations with the SAVE Act, an extreme voter suppression bill. Sign the petition: Stop the SAVE Act. Block Trump from rigging America’s free and fair elections!

Governors J.B. Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are warning the country that Trump could use his military takeover of Democratic cities to keep voters from the polls in next year’s midterms.1

As troops pull people off of the streets of D.C. and Trump threatens military deployments to Chicago and Baltimore, it’s no stretch to think that the White House could send federal agents to polling places to intimidate voters. Gov. Pritzker said of Trump, “He’d like to stop the elections in 2026, or, frankly, take control of those elections.”2

Republicans in Congress are aiding Trump’s anti-democratic push with the SAVE Act. Already passed by the GOP majority in the House, this extreme voter suppression bill fueled by the right-wing “non-citizen voting” myth could disenfranchise millions and is currently under consideration in the Senate. Our Senators must protect voting rights and oppose the SAVE Act.

Sign the petition: Reject the SAVE Act and prevent Trump from rigging the midterms!

Gov. Pritzker made the dangers of the Trump administration absolutely clear. He said Trump is taking cues from “authoritarian regimes” and that dictatorships consolidate power by provoking “mayhem that requires military interdiction.”3

Trump is trying to upend the foundations of voting rights and free elections. He called for an end to mail-in balloting and again cast doubts on the legitimacy of voting machines.4 He pushed a successful extremist gerrymandering plan through in Texas that was called a “hijacking of democracy in plain sight.”5 He’s even calling for national voter ID6 — a plan that directly complements the SAVE Act.

The GOP’s SAVE Act could disenfranchise millions of voters. The bill would require people to prove that they’re citizens in order to vote by providing a birth certificate, passport, or naturalization papers. 21 million eligible voters don’t have these documents readily available. The Senate must stop this brazen attempt to restrict voting rights.

Sign the petition: Block Trump’s attempt to throw the 2026 midterms into mayhem. Oppose the SAVE Act!

Thanks for taking action,

Joey and the Demand Progress team

Sources:

  1. Rolling Stone, "Blue-State Governors Warn Trump May Use Military to Disrupt Elections,” September 5, 2025.
  2. Ibid.
  3. Ibid.
  4. The New York Times, "Trump Wants to End Mail-In Voting Ahead of Next Year’s Midterms,” August 18, 2025.
  5. Truthout, "Democrats Are Struggling to Block Trump’s Texas Power Grab,” August 1, 2025.
  6. The Wall Street Journal, "Trump Calls for Voter Identification for All U.S. Elections,” August 31, 2025.
  7. The Brennan Center for Justice, "The Trump Administration’s Campaign to Undermine the Next Election,” August 3, 2025.

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