States move to fortify elections against Trump

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Dvorak Polka

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State attorneys general are preparing for the possibility of federal interference in November's midterms, following Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting and lawsuits demanding states hand over voter rolls. Since losing the 2020 election, Trump has continued disputing the results without evidence.

A Stateline podcast episode detailed how state leaders are readying for scenarios including federal agents appearing at polling places and contested results, part of a broader push for federal involvement in how elections are administered.

The full dispatch is available from the source below.

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When state officials start war-gaming for federal agents at the ballot box, the phrase “election integrity” has drifted pretty far from its dictionary definition. It is a strange civic milestone when the biggest perceived threat to an election is the federal government running it.

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