Tell Congress: Pass the Protect Our Polls Act!

We’d be foolish not to take Trump’s threats at face value.

This is urgent, Pamela: Trump has refused to rule out deploying the U.S. military to polling sites this November and has called to “nationalize” voting in battleground states.

If you’re outraged and worried, you’re not alone.

Luckily, lawmakers like Sen. Slotkin are working to block Trump’s shameless and dangerous attempt to intimidate voters and suppress turnout with legislation like the Protect Our Polls Act. They aren’t waiting until it’s too late to react — and neither are we.

We’ve already seen Trump follow through on past authoritarian threats, and we can’t risk him doing it again. Tonight, he’s reportedly dedicating a primetime speech to his election plans, and no matter what he says, we know nothing short of our democracy is at stake. That’s why we need to sound the alarm and push members of Congress to keep our elections safe by supporting this common-sense legislation.

Will you tell your senators and representative to immediately pass the Protect Our Polls Act and keep troops and armed federal agents away from our polling places?

ACT NOW

You might be thinking: deploying troops to the polls sounds illegal. That’s because it almost always is.

Federal law has protected polling places from military interference since the Civil War, allowing only an extremely narrow exception involving enemies of the state. We can’t risk that a lawless president like Trump, who has repeatedly used the term "enemies" and weaponized the federal government against his political opponents, might cravenly, cynically exploit any loophole possible to get his way.

Sen. Slotkin’s Protect Our Polls Act would put the authority to deploy troops to the polls squarely in the hands of Congress and stop the worst of Trump’s dangerous threats from ever becoming a reality.

Action can’t come soon enough: Threats of election interference are growing by the day. Trump's Department of Justice revealed plans to send federal election monitors to 15 jurisdictions in six states during the 2026 primaries.[1] At the same time, it’s fighting in court to gain access to voter rolls, even after judges rejected its demands.[2]

It’s not just the DOJ. Just days ago, the president fired the remaining two Democratic members on the previously bipartisan U.S. Election Assistance Commission, which certifies voting technology, handles the national voter registration form, and distributes federal grants to different states to support electoral administration.[3]

Vowing to do “anything necessary” and urging Republicans to “take over the voting,” Trump is not hiding his plans. 18 months into a presidency that has weaponized troops against the people they’re sworn to protect in DC, Los Angeles, Chicago, and beyond, we’d be foolish not to take his threats at face value.

That’s why we and more than two dozen organizations are rallying behind the Protect Our Polls Act to block Trump’s craven attempt to deploy troops to the polls.

Elections belong to the people, not the Trump administration. Before it’s too late, demand that your lawmakers keep troops away from the polls.

So long as the U.S. government has immense influence not just on what happens here, but around the world — matters of war and peace, trade, health, climate, and more, which directly impact billions of people’s lives — U.S. voters play a unique role in shaping the futures of people here and abroad.

That’s why Win Without War won’t stay silent in the face of threats to weaponize the military against our right to fair and free elections.

Thank you for working for peace,
The Win Without War team

1. The New Republic, "Trump’s DOJ Will Deploy Election Monitors in Six States This Summer"
2. Democracy Docket, "Trump DOJ seeks to undo first appeals loss in voter roll crusade, asks for rehearing"
3. The Hill, "Trump election commission firings spark interference concerns ahead of midterms"

 

 

 

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