The Trump administration has threatened to withhold tens of millions of dollars in federal homeland security funds from states, unless they agree to a sweeping set of changes to how elections are run. That’s according to CNN, which reports that several homeland security grant programs have adopted new rules requiring states to phase out certain electronic voting systems and to move to hand-marked paper ballots.
Meanwhile, President Trump is set to meet with Republican senators on Capitol Hill today, as he seeks to push through the SAVE America Act. Voting rights experts say the legislation could disenfranchise millions of citizens who lack easy access to what would be required to vote — either a birth certificate or a passport showing their names assigned at birth. Some Republicans have criticized the legislation. North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis called it a “waste of time,” while Senate Majority Leader John Thune has refused Trump’s demand he abolish the filibuster to pass the bill. Last week, President Trump called out Senator Thune by name in a Truth Social post, writing, “Anybody who doesn’t want to Terminate the Filibuster is a FOOL.”










