California State Assembly Democratic Caucus

03/31/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/31/2026 22:58

Assemblymember Berman’s Response to President Trump’s Most Recent Attack on Voting Rights

For immediate release:
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

SACRAMENTO, CA - Assemblymember Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park) has released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's blatantly unconstitutional Executive Order to restrict mail-in voting and undermine the U.S. election system:

"President Trump has publicly admitted that the more Americans vote in 2026, the worse off Republicans will be," said Assemblymember Marc Berman. "As the cost of both the war in Iran and gas in America skyrocket, Trump's approval has cratered to historical lows. Faced with the potential for massive and embarrassing losses in the midterms, Trump is now trying to erect as many unnecessary barriers as possible to voting, with the goal of disenfranchising millions of Americans who are tired of his incompetence, corruption, and cruelty. This is an attack on our democracy, plain and simple."

"Republicans don't care about voter fraud. This is the arsonist trying to cosplay as a firefighter. Donald Trump personally called election officials in Georgia and demanded that they "find" him 11,000 more votes in 2020, attempting the greatest voter fraud in our nation's history. Trump pardoned every insurrectionist who participated in the January 6th riot on our nation's Capitol, the gravest attack on our democracy since the Civil War. The idea that Trump could be trusted with determining the rules for our elections is as laughable as it is terrifying."

Assemblymember Berman chaired the Assembly Elections Committee from 2017 to 2021, where he was a leader on protecting voting rights and making voting more accessible to all. In 2020, in response to the COVID pandemic, Assemblymember Berman authored AB 860 to ensure every active registered voter in California received a ballot in the mail for the 2020 Presidential election. After this wildly successful effort, during which California had the highest voter turnout since 1952, Assemblymember Berman authored AB 37 in 2021 to make California a permanent universal vote-by-mail state.

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