Oppose the Make Elections Great Again (MEGA) Act

On January 29th, 2026, House Republicans introduced yet another bill aimed at disenfranchising voters under the guise of preventing nonexistent election fraud. The Make Elections Great Again (MEGA) Act, like the previously House-passed SAVE Act, would impose a proof of citizenship requirement for voter registration and a photo ID requirement to vote. Tens of millions of Americans, particularly people with disabilities, younger people, and Black and Hispanic people, lack the necessary documentation to vote under these potential new requirements.

The bill would also supersede states’ constitutional authority to administer elections by imposing sweeping changes like forcing states to discard mail-in ballots received after polls close on election day, banning universal vote by mail systems, and prohibiting ranked choice voting in federal elections.

Despite Donald Trump’s obsessive claims to the contrary, election fraud in the United States is vanishingly rare. The direst threat to free and fair elections is Republicans’ deliberate attempts to undermine confidence in election integrity and block voter participation in midterm elections this fall. Congress must reject both the MEGA Act and misleading, false narratives about election interference.