Dear MoveOn member,
Politico describes Republican Jim Marchant this way: "Even by the standards of election conspiracy theorists, Marchant has adopted extreme policy positions."1
Marchant is running for secretary of state in the battleground state of Nevada, where he'd be the state's top election official. In his words, he's running to "control the election system."2
And it's not just Nevada. Marchant is the "ringleader" of election deniers across the country who are running for secretary of state, including Mark Finchem in Arizona and Kristina Karamo in Michigan (while there are others, these three are the most dangerous). They call themselves the "America First Secretary of State Coalition."3
They are running for one reason: to install Donald Trump in the White House in 2024, no matter the will of the voters. And all three races are absolutely down to the wire.4
Today marks the last day of MoveOn’s unprecedented fundraising campaign for Democratic secretary of state candidates taking on MAGA election deniers.
MoveOn had never done anything like this in its 24-year history. But earlier this year, we launched our powerful, multimillion-dollar effort to defeat Trump-backed election deniers running to control our elections, because our democracy quite literally depends on it.
If you have given before, we thank you deeply and ask you to dig deep one last time to stop Trump's slow-motion coup.
If you have been waiting to chip in to help save our democracy this election cycle, today is your last chance to do so.
John, before this election cycle, Donald Trump had never endorsed a candidate for secretary of state.
But this year, he endorsed loyalists for the position in the battleground states that are expected to determine the winner of the 2024 election.
Trump believes that if he can install his loyal lapdogs as secretary of state—the office that oversees vote counting and certifies election results—he will have the power to install himself as president in 2024, no matter the true vote count.
Trump stated outright, "There's a famous statement: 'Sometimes the vote counter is more important than the candidate.'"5
The Washington Post describes the risk this way: "More than any other category of elected official, secretaries of state could be instrumental in overturning the popular vote in their state—an unprecedented move in American history—or take other actions that throw results into question."6
In each one of these battleground states, the race is neck and neck.7 And today marks our final opportunity to propel Democrats to victory and stop the election deniers.
Thanks for all you do.
–Chris, Cheryl, Vickie, Liia, and the rest of the team
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Sources:
1. "Leading election denier is on the verge of leading Nevada's election system," Politico, November 1, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/169327?t=6&akid=337283%2E40999114%2EU_z93_
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. "The Most Important Attorney General And Secretary Of State Races To Watch," FiveThirtyEight, October 11, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/169111?t=8&akid=337283%2E40999114%2EU_z93_
5. "Experts warn of 'emergency' as Trump-backed election deniers could win primary races," ABC News, May 23, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/163505?t=10&akid=337283%2E40999114%2EU_z93_
6. "How Trump-backed secretary of state candidates would change elections in the United States," The Washington Post, December 1, 2021
https://act.moveon.org/go/159806?t=12&akid=337283%2E40999114%2EU_z93_
7. "The Most Important Attorney General And Secretary Of State Races To Watch," FiveThirtyEight, October 11, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/169111?t=14&akid=337283%2E40999114%2EU_z93_
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