Dossier
election practices
Coverage of election practices in the Nexus archive.
Trump administrationorganization2legal penaltiestopic1financial penaltiestopic1criminal prosecutiontopic1antiterrorism grantstopic1Donald Trumpperson1Justice Departmentorganization1Civil Rights Divisionorganization1Federal Emergency Management Agencyorganization1Rick Hasenperson1Safeguarding Democracy Projectorganization1Derek Mullerperson1University of Notre Dameorganization1noncitizens on voter rollstopic1
- Trump administration puts pressure on states to revise election practices
The Trump administration is pressuring states to revise election practices through legal and financial penalties. These measures include potential criminal prosecution of state officials and the withholding of antiterrorism grants for non-compliance with election rules.
- The Trump administration is ramping up pressure on states to change election practices
The Trump administration is pressuring states to alter election practices by threatening federal funding cuts and criminal prosecution for officials who do not remove noncitizens from voter rolls. The Justice Department sent letters to all 50 states and the District of Columbia, while a FEMA grant program ties funding to compliance with election-related requirements.