URGENT: GOP Passes Bill to Rig the 2026 Elections
Defending Democracy with Marc Elias
Democracy Docket
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🗓️ 14 February 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Republicans know they’re on track to lose the 2026 midterms—and they’re trying to rig the election to stop it. In this video, Marc Elias breaks down the Save America Act, the most sweeping voter suppression bill in a generation, and explains how it would make it harder to register, harder to vote, and easier for Trump and Republicans to throw out ballots.
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00:00 The Warning Signs for 2026
01:22 Trump’s New Election Scheme
04:29 The Save America Act Explained
08:26 The Citizenship Requirement Trap
14:20 The Real Goal: Control the Voter Files
18:27 Birth Certificates, Birtherism & Raw Power
21:09 Criminalizing Election Officials
24:00 The Voter ID Spin
28:53 The Mail Ballot Rejection Machine
33:08 Targeting Overseas and College Voters
40:32 Did Any House Republicans Vote Against It?
43:03 The Senate Showdown
47:38 What You Can Do
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| 0:00.0 | Almost every day, we see more evidence that Republicans are set to lose the midterm elections. |
| 0:06.3 | Plunging approval numbers, humiliating defeats in special elections, |
| 0:10.8 | an administration full of grift, and a president who has nothing but contempt for democracy. |
| 0:16.3 | And that's not to mention the Epstein files. |
| 0:18.4 | We've already seen the steps Donald Trump is willing to take to rig the |
| 0:22.9 | elections, gerrymandering maps, political prosecutions, illegal executive orders, and even having his |
| 0:30.0 | Department of Justice raid a Georgia election office to seize ballots from 2020. But that's not all. |
| 0:37.4 | Republicans in Congress are trying to pass |
| 0:39.6 | new laws to make it harder for you to vote and easier for them to cheat. Now one of those bills |
| 0:45.6 | has already passed the House. The Save America Act is now waiting for the Senate to act. |
| 0:51.1 | In this episode, I'm going to walk you through this Republican voter suppression |
| 0:54.9 | bill. I explain what's really in it and why it has the potential to disenfranchise millions of voters |
| 1:01.3 | while swinging the outcome of elections. Most importantly, I discuss what Democrats and the rest of us |
| 1:07.9 | can do to fight back. Look, there's a lot going on here, and it's going to be a journey. |
| 1:13.1 | So grab yourself a drink, sit back, and enjoy the ride. |
| 1:16.8 | But before we get into it, subscribe to this channel to stay informed about how you can defend |
| 1:21.8 | democracy. |
| 1:22.8 | It seems like every week, Donald Trump and the Republicans have another scheme to try to rig the |
| 1:28.8 | 2026 midterm elections. Let's see, they tried mid-cycle gerrymandering, and that didn't work out. |
| 1:36.2 | They've tried voter suppression at the state level, and those keep getting defeated in court. |
| 1:41.3 | Donald Trump sent his Department of Justice to try to get the voter files, |
| 1:45.2 | the most sensitive voter data that states have. And while they run into a buzzsaw of opposition in court, |
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