Can States Stop Trump’s Election Meddling?
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🗓️ 9 March 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
President Donald Trump wants to dramatically change how Americans vote, and to make that happen he’s holding all other legislation hostage until Congress passes the SAVE America Act. The bill would require that Americans prove citizenship via a passport or a birth certificate to register to vote. Make no mistake: Trump wants America to pay the price for the election he lost to Joe Biden in 2020. Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford joins us to explain how states are ready to fight Trump’s next moves to restrict voting.
And in headlines, Iran finds a new supreme leader in the son of the former one, a federal judge wants to reverse layoffs at the Voice of America, and the Trump administration threatens intervention in Cuba.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday, March night. I'm Jane Koston, and this is what a day, the show that doesn't |
| 0:08.2 | really have a voice right now. To be clear, I am actually fine, but I have laryngitis, which is why |
| 0:14.8 | I sound like that scene in Rattitooie when rats try to talk to humans, but the humans hear squeak, squeak. |
| 0:20.4 | Anyway, sorry to your ears. |
| 0:30.4 | On today's show, Iran's new Supreme Leader is reportedly the son of the last Supreme Leader, |
| 0:35.7 | just what the U.S. and Israel wanted all along. |
| 0:38.3 | And with no evidence to back it up, the Trump administration promises those pesky gas prices |
| 0:43.3 | will be going down very soon. But let's start with voting. There's obviously a lot going on right now. |
| 0:49.3 | War, drought, economic turmoil. But don't worry, President Donald Trump is laser-focused on the issue he cares about most, |
| 0:57.4 | making it harder for you to vote in this year's midterm elections and beyond. |
| 1:01.4 | In a Sunday true social post made after watching Fox and Friends, |
| 1:05.1 | Trump said that he would not sign any piece of legislation until the Save America Act has passed. |
| 1:10.6 | That very normally titled legislation |
| 1:13.1 | would dramatically change how Americans vote. For example, Americans would need to provide proof of |
| 1:18.1 | citizenship, like a passport or a birth certificate in order to register to vote. Trump and his allies |
| 1:23.5 | claim this is common sense, except about half of Americans don't have passports, and |
| 1:27.9 | according to the Brennan Center, roughly 20 million Americans don't have ready access to their |
| 1:32.6 | birth certificates or naturalization documents. |
| 1:35.3 | I mean, think about it for a second. |
| 1:37.8 | Do you know where your birth certificate is right now? |
| 1:41.1 | Trump's through social post also demanded more limits to mail-in voting in the legislation, |
| 1:45.0 | something he advocated for during the State of the Union last month. |
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