Expect the Trump regime to try to steal the midterms. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. Democracy, economic justice and our right to vote are all on the line! Jan. 6th 2021 was their dry run, the midterms are next and after that, the presidential elections in 2028. Below is a simple road map for HOW WE-THE-PEOPLE WILL PEACEFULLY PROTECT OUR ELECTIONS AND SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY!
Nonviolent rebellion has proven again and again to be the most effective way of ousting even a determined autocrat. – Neil A. Abrams
💪🏾 1. Massive Peaceful Action! 💪
- Share this action page with family, friends, neighbors and colleagues — and make plans for action.
- Connect with people and citizen-action groups you are currently engaged with — exchange ideas & make plans for action.
- Check citizen-action groups for coordinated actions (website & social media):
- Call Governors, Secretaries of State and Attorneys General in the states where Trump is refusing to accept the Democratic winners — DEMAND THEY CERTIFY THE WINNERS!
- Google: contact governor of < state name >
- Google: contact secretary of state < state name >
- Google: contact attorney general of < state name >
- Call and show up in the offices of your U.S. Representatives & Senators:
- Demand they refuse to fund the government until Trump stops his steal/coup attempt.
- Demand they shut down the federal government (funding is set to expire on December 11, 2026).
- Mass marches & protests in the streets all across America.
- Mass sit-in at the U.S. Capitol and/or White House.
- General strike/walk-out.
- Mass boycott.
Check citizen-action groups for coordinated actions (website & social media):
🤬 2. How Trump May Try to Steal The Midterms 🤬
If Republicans lose, Trump will claim election fraud, compromised voting machines, foreign meddling or some other lame excuse to justify illegal actions, including the possibility of:
- Seizing ballots and/or voting machines
- Federal election monitors interfering with voting
- Pressuring election officials to change or cancel results
- Trump declaring a national emergency or invoking the Insurrection Act
- Sending armed ICE agents, National Guard and/or military troops to (1) polling places and/or (2) peaceful protests
- DOJ bringing frivolous lawsuits in the courts (e.g., Alaska and California)
- DOJ pursuing federal investigations and charges against election officials
- Republicans in Congress refusing to certify and seat election winners on January 3rd, 2027
- Sparking a civil war by calling up his pardoned J6ers (Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, etc.), the way he did on Jan. 6th 2021 after he lost the 2020 election.
Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.
– BBC, based on research from Erica Chenoweth, political scientist at Harvard University.
Sources
- If Trump Steals an Election, Here’s What to Do
- Nine ways the Trump administration could interfere with the midterms
- In Six Decades of Public Life, I Never Thought I Would Write This Piece
- Ballot seizures seemed impossible. But judges and officials are prepping for them now
- What’s the Worst Thing Trump Can Do in the Midterms?
- Trump’s Attacks on Voting Raise Fears He Will Try to Challenge Midterm Results
- How Senate Democrats can stop Trump from stealing the midterms
- The New Worst-Case Scenario for Election Officials: Federal Interference
- How Democrats and activist groups are planning to push back if Trump tries to interfere in midterm elections
- How Safe is the Vote? Eight Election Experts Weigh Trump’s Midterm Threats
- Democrats Prepare for Possible Election Clashes With Federal Government.
- The ‘3.5% rule’: How a small minority can change the world
- Tina Peters, Wikipedia
- Why Trump’s dubious election lawsuits in Alaska and California should raise eyebrows
- Senate Dems will send over 100 election observers to nine states for midterms
- None of This Is Normal
- Explainer: What Is the United States’ Insurrection Act?