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.
Key topics covered:
- The Citizens Election Bill of Rights and its 10 founding principles
- The new EIN Model Laws Handbook and how legislators use it
- Why the SAVE America Act is stalled in the Senate
- Ranked choice voting and the problems it creates in Maine
- Cleaning up voter rolls, residency rules, and motor-voter loopholes
- Vulnerable voting technology and the case for hand-marked paper ballots
- Protecting the military vote and the overseas voting loophole
- Billionaire-funded election schemes, from Zuckbucks to the national popular vote compact
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.