1. United States
2. Calif.
3. Letter

Take action now to defend the integrity of the 2026 midterms. The current administration is systematically dismantling the foundations of competitive elections — pardoning those who disrupted the last transfer of power, disabling federal election integrity agencies, threatening to withhold terrorism prevention funding from states that won't change their voting rules, and pushing to extend executive control over voter registration. In January, Trump told Reuters "we shouldn't even have an election." That is not a throwaway line. It is a governing posture. This is what scholars call electoral subversion — rigging the rules without formally abolishing elections. We've seen this playbook in Hungary and Venezuela. The goal is to suppress turnout, erode trust, and make opposition feel futile. It works unless officials at every level actively push back. I need you to publicly commit to protecting election certification independence in our state, oppose any federal funding threats tied to voting rule changes, and support robust deployment of legal observers at poll sites ahead of November 2026. The 75,000 people who marched in Minnesota and pushed back federal forces showed what civic resistance looks like. I'm asking you to match that courage from your office.