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2021
2021-09-14 (context) Nancy Pelosi introduced the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act which would require states with a history of voting rights violations to seek federal approval before enacting changes to their voting laws.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis_Voting_Rights_Act
2022
2022-10-12 In his podcast, Charlie Kirk told his listeners not to support the rank-choice voting system. He also told his viewers that empathy is a “new age term” and does a “lot of damage”.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/fact-check-charlie-kirk-once-001900786.html
2024
2024-06-19 Trump claimed that Joan Rivers voted for him in 2016, even though she passed in 2014
https://people.com/donald-trump-claims-joan-rivers-voted-him-president-8667303
2024-07-26 Trump told followers at a Turning Point rally that they onlyhave tovote this one time and won’t have to vote again, because the votes will be “fixed”.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-admits-lost-2020-leading-192730313.html
2024-09-05 During a campaign rally in Phoenix Arizona, JD Vance said, “…There is a logic to what the Democrats are trying to do. It’s disgusting, but there’s a logic to it. They want illegal aliens to steal everybody’s job, and now they want illegal aliens to steal everybody’s vote.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtRPLCso0Sw
2024-10-19 Musk hired people to canvas. Canvassers reported they had not been paid and were tricked into coming to Michigan by Blitz Canvassing. They also reported having to ride in the back of moving trucks.
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-america-pac-blitz-canvassing-michigan-uhaul/
2025
2025-01-29 During a presidential rally at the Capital One Arena in Washington DC, Trump stated “…but then they rigged the election, and now we won, so I’m gonna be your president for the Olympics…”
2025-09-03 News sources reported that Trump offered NY Mayor Adams a job in the event he lost the mayoral race to Mamdani, leaving more opportunity for Cuomo to defeat Momdani.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/nyregion/trump-adams-sliwa-quit-nyc-mayor.html
2025-09-03 Republicans proposed a “nuclear option” to speed up confirmation on multiple Trump nominees so they don’t have to go through the standard voting system. This way they could appoint their nominees all at once.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/03/senate-nominees-rules-change-00542580
2025-12-19 Before the 2026 midterms even started, Erika Trump started endorsing JD Vance for 2028.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp84p722m3do
2026 January
2026-01-15 News outlets reported that during an interview with Reuters, Trump commented “we shouldn’t even have an election” on account of how much the Trump administration had accomplished. In a press briefing, Karoline Leavitt brushed the comment off, stating Trump was “just joking”.
https://time.com/7346834/trump-canceling-midterm-elections-joking-white-house/
2026 February
2026-02-11 Gallup announced that after 88 years, it would no longer track presidential approval ratings./
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5733236-gallup-stops-presidential-approval-ratings-polls/
2026 March
2026-03-23 During a War Room podcast, Steve Bannon said having ICE at airports was a “perfect test-run” for the midterms”, meaning, to have ICE agents present at polling places. An article quoted him as saying, “We can use this as a test run, as a test case, to really perfect ICE’s involvement in the 2026 midterms”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-8SGdG5AVY
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aeeULQ384v4
2026-03-25 Watch Adam Mockler arguments about the legality of ICE, free and fair elections, and the Iran war (the meat of the interview is at timestamp 7:33).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_cLP8iiKZw&list=WL&index=5
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/cnn-guest-demands-answer-scott-031709832.html