{"id":48999,"date":"2026-07-03T12:51:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=48999"},"modified":"2026-07-03T12:51:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:51:58","slug":"hey-democrats-are-you-prepared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/hey-democrats-are-you-prepared\/","title":{"rendered":"Hey, Democrats, Are You Prepared?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"David By\u00a0David Crook<\/a> July 2, 2026 (dcreport.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Voting taking place in San Diego County during the 2024 Election. Photo: Michael Ho Wai Lee \/ SOPA Images\/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10 Questions to ask now of Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, your senators, your representatives, you legislators, your governors, you secretaries of state and other government officials:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) If the administration seeks to thwart or delay the mid-term elections, including declaring some sort of emergency, what have you already done to prepare?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) If Republicans in Congress stand aside and allow the administration to seek to thwart or delay the mid-term elections<\/a>, what have you already done to meet the challenge?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3) If ICE or other federal authorities attempt to interfere or take positions at polling places, what have you already done to prepare to counter?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4) If federal officials attempt to interfere or disrupt ballot counting, what plans do you have in place to deal with them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5) If federal officials attempt to seize ballots or ballot boxes, what measures have you already taken to protect them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6) If federal, state or local officials challenge vote counts, what measures have you taken to insure their validity?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7) If armed, violent mobs attempt to disrupt or interfere with any part of the election process, what plans do you have in place to deal with them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8) If Republicans in Congress refuse to accept election results, what have you done to prepare?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9) If the President refuses to accept the election results and attempts to bar the new Congress from convening, what are you plans to proceed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10) If the President orders the military or other armed federal agencies to arrest members of Congress or bar them from taking office, what are your plans to protect the legislative branch?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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