The Daily Signal 2/14/2026 7:00:00 AM
 

A new Trump-aligned nonprofit is launching to fill a gap in enforcement of the president’s election integrity executive order.

Nicole Kelly, senior counsel at Lex Politica, the law firm that represents Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, and other Republicans, is the president of a new 501(c)4 called Save Election Day to lead the fight in battleground states to implement the initiatives identified by President Donald Trump’s executive order last March.

“President Trump’s executive order that came out last March that really sparked the initial idea here because this organization was founded for one single purpose,” Kelly told The Daily Signal, “which we believe is existential to the future of the United States democracy, which is to lead the fight in the states to implement the key initiatives that were identified and outlined by President Trump.”

Save Election Day is particularly aimed at implementing several policies nationwide: one single Election Day; requirements of photo ID to vote; elimination or reduction of mail-in balloting and early voting periods; elimination of post-Election Day ballot receipt periods; and bans on noncitizen voting.

“This organization is specifically designed for state law and to lead the fight specifically in the states to implement the executive order,” Kelly said.

While other conservative groups have fought bad election laws with litigation, Kelly said Save Election Day will work to actually change those laws.

“This organization is actually going to be focused on changing the laws that are on the books through legislation, through ballot initiatives, through administrative actions, constitutional amendments,” Kelly said.

“It will, in some cases, necessarily involve litigation, just because, of course, Democrats are going to sue over some of the changes that they don’t want made in elections to clean them up,” she said, “but the focus here will be changing the law that’s on the books, so that when it comes to election integrity operations, whatever is being enforced is actually good law, not just trying to be defensive.”

While Kelly says conservative legal organizations have done great work in elections, the needle hasn’t moved enough.

“The president has a lot of passion and fervor, and we wanted that same energy for this type of organization to be very action oriented, to make sure that these very important election reforms are made,” she said.

While many states have already passed election reform, a lot of work remains, Kelly says.

Fourteen states currently do not require any ID to vote, and 11 states currently have ID requirements considered “weak,” allowing voters to sign an affidavit or vouch for identity without presenting photo ID or undergoing a signature comparison.

Furthermore, 14 states currently allow mail ballots to be received after Election Day, and 32 states lack any explicit noncitizen voting ban in their state constitutions.

“Our priorities are going to be battleground states that have significant impact for Republicans in 2026 and 2028,” Kelly said, “but again, and we’re not going to stop this mission until 50 out of 50 states have all of these tenants of the executive order implemented.”

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