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The Department of Homeland Security updated guidelines for grants exceeding $1 billion this year. States must phase out some electronic voting systems, conduct manual audits, and cross-check voter rolls against a federal database to receive full funding or risk losing 20 percent.
foxnews.comThe Department of Homeland Security revised guidelines for certain homeland-security grants, requiring states to implement a series of election-related measures to receive full funding. States must phase out electronic voting systems that do not produce paper ballots capable of being filled out by hand and file plans for the transition.
They must also carry out manual election audits using methods established by the Trump administration and cross-check voter rolls against the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements database.
The affected grants are expected to exceed $1 billion this year and are typically used for counterterrorism efforts and disaster preparedness at the state and local level. The Independent reported that states that do not implement the required measures risk losing 20 percent of the funding. The U.S.
Constitution assigns primary authority over election administration to the states. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social earlier this month that Democrats were attempting to steal the California governor primary and Los Angeles mayor primary from Republican candidates through late and massive numbers of mail-in ballots.
The Heritage Foundation found 36 cases of fraud out of 42.6 million votes cast in Arizona elections over a 25-year span.
David Becker, a former Justice Department attorney, stated he expects the new requirements will be blocked in the courts.
Responsible StatecraftPresident Donald Trump stated on June 22 that he would take action if Iran does not meet terms of an agreement signed the prior week. The deal unfreezes Iranian funds restricted to U.S. food purchases. It follows attacks that killed thousands and raised global oil prices.
winnipegfreepress.comU.S. District Court Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan ruled Monday that the updated Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program violates federal privacy law. The decision halts its use to verify voter eligibility after at least 25 states scanned 67 million registrations.
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