Dear MoveOn member,

The November election is 100 days away, and the survival of our democracy
is on the line.

That's not hyperbole. Here's the deal: We all remember how Donald Trump
tried to steal the 2020 election by pressuring local election officials to
"find" the extra votes he needed to win. But they wouldn't go along, and
the coup failed.

But now, Trump is putting the pieces in place to try again in 2024, and
the key to his plan is to use this November's midterm elections to install
cronies in the key state and local offices that oversee elections, count
votes, and declare who won.

And it's not just Trump behind the effort this time. Right-wing
billionaire Peter Thiel has donated tens of millions to support Big Lie
candidates, and a dark-money group run by Steve Bannon called the America
First Secretary of State Coalition is collecting donations from megadonors
like the founder of MyPillow and the former CEO of Overstock.com to help
Trump's Big Lie candidates win.^1



With so much at stake, MoveOn is doing something we've never done before
in our history: We're running a multimillion-dollar campaign to defeat
these Big Lie candidates for secretary of state. Will you make a
$3 donation to help support this critical effort?

[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in.



So far, Republicans have nominated Trump-backed Big Lie conspiracy
theorists for key statewide election administration offices in
Pennsylvania and Nevada. His secretary of state candidates are heavy
favorites for the Republican nomination in Arizona and Michigan, which are
holding their primaries over the next two weeks.

All together, those states represent 61 electoral votes that went to
President Biden in 2020—and that Trump would be positioned to steal in
2024 if his candidates win in November.

In Arizona, the leading Republican candidate is Trump-endorsed Mark
Finchem, a member of the white supremacist group the Oath Keepers, who
tried to decertify President Joe Biden's win in the state and attended the
January 6 insurrection.^2

In Nevada, the Republican candidate is insurrectionist Jim Marchant, a
member of Nevada's fake slate of pro-Trump electors seeking to overturn
President Biden's victory in 2020.^3

In Michigan, Trump has endorsed Kristina Karamo, a far-right conspiracy
theorist who claims that demonic possession can be sexually transmitted.
Karamo to this day continues to spread the absurd lie that Trump is the
true president of the U.S.^4

And in Pennsylvania, where the secretary of state is appointed by the
governor, the Republican candidate for governor is Doug Mastriano, who as
a state senator tried to steal Pennsylvania's electoral votes for Trump by
appointing a slate of "alternative" pro-Trump electors.^5

Donald Trump is making no secret of his plans to run for president again.
He's even been dropping hints that he might announce before this
November's midterm elections. If even one or two of these candidates win
the general election in November, Trump will have the pieces in place to
steal the White House in 2024.

That's why MoveOn is doing something we've never done in our 23-year
history: We're launching a multimillion-dollar effort to defeat these
Trump-backed candidates for secretary of state across the country and save
our democracy before it's too late.



It's 100 days till Election Day, and we're counting on support from MoveOn
members to fully fund this campaign. Will you make a $3
donation? Every dollar counts.

[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in.



Thanks for all you do.

–Chris, Kathy, Nadia, Casey, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Trump loyalists form alliance in bid to take over election process in
key states," The Guardian, January 13, 2022
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2. "‘This should terrify the nation’: the Trump ally seeking to run
Arizona’s elections," The Guardian, February 21, 2022
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3. "Jim Marchant, a Trump loyalist, is G.O.P. voters’ choice to be
Nevada’s top election official," The New York Times, June 15, 2022
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4. "Who Is Kristina Karamo? GOP Candidate for Michigan Secretary of
State," Newsweek, July 4, 2022
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5. "Opinion: An openly pro-coup Trumpist could become Pennsylvania’s next
governor," The Washington Post, May 12, 2022
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Want to support MoveOn's work? Donald Trump's preparations for being able
to steal the presidency in 2024 are well underway and include working to
replace top election officials in battleground states with his own
loyalists. Which is why MoveOn is doing something we've never done in our
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defeat Trump-backed secretaries of state across the country and elect
individuals who will count every vote and ensure fair elections.

Will you chip in to power our campaign to defeat Trump and protect our
elections in 2022?





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