Election integrity is on the line, and two of the movement’s most effective leaders join Jenny Beth Martin to explain exactly how citizens win it state by state. Election integrity starts with one simple principle — only American citizens vote — and this episode lays out the full blueprint for getting there. Jenny Beth is joined by Sharon Bemis, president of the Election Integrity Network and a former Maine election official, and Sara Vieira, the network’s coalitions director and chair of the New England Coalition. Together they walk through the Citizens Election Bill of Rights, ten plain-language principles that define the gold standard for honest elections, and the brand-new EIN Model Laws Handbook that hands state legislators ready-to-use, plug-and-play legislation. The conversation gets specific: why the SAVE America Act is stalled in the Senate, how ranked choice voting complicates Maine elections, why so many noncitizens slip through the overseas voting system, the problem of bloated voter rolls and motor-voter loopholes, vulnerable voting technology and hand-marked paper ballots, and the billionaire-funded schemes — from Zuckbucks to the national popular vote compact — quietly reshaping how Americans vote. If you have ever wondered why basic voter ID feels impossible to pass, this episode is your roadmap. Call Capitol Hill at 202-224-3121 and tell your senators to pass the SAVE America Act. Learn more at teapartypatriots.org and jennybethshow.com.
Sharon Bemis is the president of the Election Integrity Network, a nationwide nonprofit building a permanent infrastructure of citizen volunteers to protect elections. A former election official from the state of Maine, she brings firsthand administrative experience to the fight for honest elections.
Sara Vieira is the coalitions director of the Election Integrity Network and chair of the New England Coalition. A Rhode Island native active in the election integrity movement since 2020, she organizes grassroots leaders across five New England states.
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Timestamps:
00:18 — Why the SAVE America Act is stalled in the Senate
01:27 — What the Election Integrity Network is
02:25 — Inside the New England Coalition
05:55 — The EIN Model Laws Handbook explained
10:36 — The 10 principles of the Citizens Election Bill of Rights
16:13 — Restoring election day and election-night results
18:40 — Ranked choice voting and the Maine problem
23:35 — Cleaning voter rolls and the residency problem
29:19 — Voting technology and hand-marked paper ballots
34:11 — Why pre- and post-election audits matter
38:27 — Protecting the military vote from overseas loopholes
42:37 — Billionaire election schemes and Zuckbucks
49:53 — The SAVE America Act and the Senate fight
55:30 — Where to get involved
Links: electionintegritynetwork.org, modelelectionlaws.org, jennybethshow.com, teapartypatriots.org. Call Capitol Hill: 202-224-3121.