States and cities across the country are pushing back against the Trump administration’s effort to withhold millions of dollars in police and anti-terrorism funding unless they adopt new voting rules, as Trump campaigns ahead of the November midterm elections. Harris County, which includes Houston, and the other jurisdictions stand to lose millions in public safety grants unless they impose the controversial voting rules Trump wants: a plan to transition to paper ballots, proof of citizenship verifications, mandatory hand-counted audits of 5% of all ballots, and more, according to Axios. Trump is also visiting the Houston area on Thursday to meet with the crew of NASA's Artemis II mission and to campaign for Texas GOP Senate hopeful Ken…
State and cities nationwide are rebelling against the White House's push to withhold millions of dollars in police and anti-terrorism funding unless they impose new voting rules. Why it matters: President Trump's effort to impose election policies that he hasn't been able to get through Congress has now drawn two lawsuits from state and local governments that accuse the administration of threatening to defund the police unless Trump gets his way. - "They are trying to defund public safety and counterterrorism," Harris County (Texas) Attorney Abbie Kamin told Axios. - Harris County, which includes Houston, and the other jurisdictions stand to lose millions in public safety grants unless they impose the controversial voting rules Trump…
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Culture Turn Back It is not time for conservation, but for restoration. “Turn back, O man, forswear thy foolish ways,” begins an old Episcopal hymn, from the time before that church became a Vestals cult. Conservatives know our country is declining at an ever-increasing pace. But many seem not to understand how to reverse that decline: turn back to what worked in the past. Common sense should tell us what worked then can work now. Elections provide an example. President Donald Trump has made the electoral process an issue, for good reason. Electronic voting, with everything else electronic, is subject to endless manipulation,…Open
By Robin M. Itzler It wasn’t that long ago when it was the Democrats desperately pushing for paper ballots. Now, it’s John Thune, the Republican Senate leader, dragging his feet.
Senate Republicans are elevating Colombia as a role model in their push for stricter voting rules in the U.S. — and using California as their foil. Why it matters: Republicans don't have the votes to jam through President Trump's SAVE Act, but some conservatives are using Colombia's election system to keep the up the pressure on GOP leaders. - Colombia just elected Abelardo de la Espriella, a populist business owner who secured President Trump's endorsement. The country requires voters to present a national I.D. card, relies on paper ballots and does not generally allow mail-in voting. - Republicans want the U.S. to follow suit. What we're hearing: Some GOP senators are considering a hearing with California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and…
Under the new rules, states are required to phase out certain electronic voting systems and utilize paper ballots. They must also run their voter roles through a citizenship verification database managed by DHS.
The recommendations come on the heels of a surprise FBI raid of the Fulton County Election Hub and Operations Center in Georgia and calls from President Trump for Republicans in Congress to federalize aspects of elections due to potential for mismanagement or corruption.
