Universal Pictures has released a first trailer for the third chapter in Blumhouse’s politically charged horror franchise, The Purge. Titled Election Year, the sequel stars Elizabeth Mitchell (“LOST”) as a U.S. senator marked for death for her efforts to bring an end to the Founding Father’s annual purge night.

The Purge is a government sanctioned 12-hour night during which all criminal activity is permissible by law, including murder, rape, and more murder. Mitchell’s senator puts a target on her back when she exposes that the purge is aimed at minorities and the poor.

Purge: Election Year picks up two years after the events of Purge: Anarchy and finds Frank Grillo’s Leo Barnes character back in action and attempting to protect the senator on purge night amid the evening’s hooligans and murderers. Series writer and director James DeMonaco is once again at the helm.

The Purge: Election Year arrives July 1.

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