States move to fortify elections against Trump

Filed 1h ago · Via Michigan Advance · The Buffoon Desk

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Evil March

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State officials nationwide are bracing for the midterms after years of Trump disputing his 2020 loss without evidence, according to Stateline reporting cited in this podcast episode.

The administration has pushed an executive order restricting mail-in voting and filed lawsuits demanding states hand over voter rolls, prompting some attorneys general to plan for the possibility of federal agents appearing at polling places or election results being contested afterward.

The episode also covers unrelated news items — the year's first confirmed measles deaths, Meta penalty payouts, and declining ACA enrollment — in its weekly wrap-up segment.

The full dispatch is available from the source below.

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When state attorneys general start war-gaming for federal agents showing up at polling places, that is not normal election-year jitters, that is a five-alarm sentence about where things stand. The man contesting the integrity of elections is the same man now trying to control how they're run — a closed loop that should worry anyone who likes the current definition of democracy.

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