Patrick Schmidt (D) discussed the stakes of the 2026 elections at the state and federal level, and encouraged people to help elect better leaders.

Schmidt is a candidate in the US Senate election in Kansas in 2026.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Nar4-jiie4

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#Kansas #Senate #Politics #Election #NoKings #USPol

Patrick Schmidt (D) on the importance of elections, and how to get involved

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#election : the act of choosing a person to fill an office, or to membership in a society, as by ballot, uplifted hands, or viva voce

- German: die Wahl

- Italian: elezione

- Portuguese: eleição

- Spanish: elección

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Alberta NDP’s election rigging warning is ‘tinfoil hat’ talk, provincial justice minister says
It’s “ridiculous” for the Alberta NDP to charge that the UCP is opening the door to “cheating and election rigging” in the way it’s approaching the Alberta electoral boundaries commission’s final report, says the provincial justice minister.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/mickey-amery-naheed-nenshi-electoral-boundaries-commission-9.7150127?cmp=rss

Ok...#Arkansas Secretary of State #GOP primary #election yesterday just might be an indication of serious slippage in the #MAGA brand.

Bryan Norris, who rejected machine counting of ballots and had the backing of Trump supporters such as former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, lost to State Sen. Kim Hammer who was endorsed by more mainstream GOP office-holders who supported simultaneous machine and hand counted verification.
#uspol #uspolitics

Trump signs order directing creation of a national voter list, a move already facing lawsuit threats

President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order to create a nationwide list of verified eligible voters and to restrict mail-in voting, a move that swiftly drew legal threats from state Democratic officials ahead of this year’s midterm elections.

#Vote #VoterList #MailInVote #election #USpol

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-mail-voting-elections-47cc334b1fb7742244a9c4f176b355cd

Trump signs order directing creation of a national voter list

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that aims to tighten voting rules by creating a national list of eligible voters and limiting mail ballots. The order signed Tuesday directs the Department of Homeland Security to work with the Social Security Administration on state-by-state voter lists. It also seeks to stop the Postal Service from sending absentee ballots to people not on approved lists. The order calls for adding barcodes on ballot envelopes and threatens to withhold federal funds from states that do not comply. Democratic election officials in Oregon, Arizona, and Maine quickly promised lawsuits and non-compliance. Legal experts also question the order’s constitutionality.

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Executive order: 🤬

DHS will prepare list of citizens, by state, and USPS will block mail in ballots to anyone not on that list.

Source (the White House): https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/ensuring-citizenship-verification-and-integrity-in-federal-elections/

Someone needs to do something about Donald Trump -- Sooner would be better.

#Vote #Voting #MidTerms #Election #WhiteHouse #USPS #Justice #RuleOfLaw
Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Help America Vote Act of 2002

The White House

Any move to force changes to #state run ​#election systems is likely to face immediate #legal challenges.

#Trump claimed only a judge could block the order & complained that there were many "rogue" & "very bad" judges. "I don't see ​how they can challenge it," he said about the executive order.

#law #judiciary #privacy #InfoSec #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #Constitution #states #federalism #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism

The order would use federal #data to help state #election ​officials verify who is “eligible” to #vote in their jurisdictions. It would also require #AbsenteeBallots to be sent only to ⁠voters on each state's “approved” mail-in ballot list & mandate “secure” ​ballot envelopes with unique tracking barcodes.

#Trump #law #privacy #InfoSec #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #Constitution #states #federalism #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism

#Trump signs #ExecutiveOrder on #mail #ballots, escalating #election overhaul push

Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday aimed at tightening mail-in voting rules nationwide, including by ​directing his admin to create a list of confirmed #US #citizens eligible to #vote in each state, & said he did not see how the measure could be challenged.

#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #Constitution #states #federalism #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #privacy
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-signs-order-mail-ballots-escalating-election-overhaul-push-2026-03-31/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement