How state officials prepared for possible Trump interference in the midterms
Summary
State election officials prepared for possible federal involvement in the 2026 midterms, including actions that could affect voter access, polling places or vote counts. The article says states have primary authority over elections, and courts have rejected many administration efforts to change election procedures or obtain voter data.Key Facts
- The Justice Department sued 30 states and the District of Columbia for voter registration lists, saying it sought to identify non-citizens; courts rejected more than two dozen cases.
- The Supreme Court rejected the administration’s request to set aside ballots cast by about 20,000 people in California suspected of being non-citizens.
- Washington state refused a similar request involving more than 400 people.
- The Justice Department planned to send about 1,000 election monitors to all 50 states, its largest deployment of monitors ever.
- The administration did not invite election observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, breaking with two decades of precedent.
- The Justice Department said its monitors would be unarmed and barred from interfering with voting.
- Trump has not ruled out declaring a national emergency or invoking the Insurrection Act; the article says legal experts do not view either as giving him authority over elections.
- The Constitution gives states primary authority to organize and administer elections.
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