Trump, federal intervention in elections
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune broke with the president after Trump called for the GOP to take over elections and nationalize the voting process ahead of midterms.
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S
Growing violence and harassment have driven half of the top election officials in nearly a dozen states to quit their jobs since Donald Trump refused to acknowledge his defeat by Joe Biden in 2020. Around 50 percent of high-ranking public officials have left election administration posts in 11 states since November 2020,
President Trump says Republicans should take over elections in some places to fight corruption for which there is little if any evidence.
Six years after President Donald Trump attempted to overturn the 2020 election results, that campaign is still shaping Georgia’s next big vote
President Donald Trump on Monday said last week’s FBI seizure of Fulton County 2020 election ballots will confirm his belief that the election was stolen from him. The president also told a podcast host that Republicans should consider nationalizing elections or taking over the administration of elections in some states.
Democrats saw hope and a turning point in Taylor Rehmer‘s victory over Republican candidate Leigh Wambsganss in a special election for Texas’s District 9 Senate seat this weekend. Democrats portrayed the win as a referendum on the Trump administration and a harbinger of a potential midterm blue wave,
Fulton County, Georgia, attorneys are planning to file a lawsuit in federal court against the FBI and Justice Department over a search warrant that the FBI executed at an election hub last week seeking records related to the 2020 presidential election.