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DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatens states over elections after Trump speech
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Friday threatened state election officials.
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Trump DHS threatens federal funding cutoff for states that refuse voter-roll security push
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DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin says states must meet election security standards or risk losing federal election funding as 23 states join the program.
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States must take election security steps or lose federal funding, Trump admin vows in latest push to pass SAVE America Act
Requirements include making sure voting machines are secure and voter rolls are scrubbed of non-citizens, deceased individuals and others who are ineligible to vote.
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DHS Sec. Threatens to Defund States That Don’t “Scrub” Voter Rolls
The Trump administration has promised to stonewall federal grants unless states “scrub” their voter rolls.Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin openly threatened to defund state governments that failed to “secure” future election cycles, during a press conference in Washington Friday morning.The pledge came hours after Donald Trump delivered a…
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Mullin threatens states as DHS launches widespread review of elections
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin went further than President Trump in an address on election security Friday, asserting foreign adversaries could hack voter machines, threatening states that refuse to partner with his department and saying he would use “maximum pressure” to root out any illegally cast votes. While Trump in his primetime address…
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States have beefed up election security, but Trump is still pushing for federal role
President Donald Trump has refused to accept that he lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden, and is again airing disproven claims ahead of the 2026 midterms.
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DHS tying states’ grant funding to participation in SAVE system: Mullin
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Friday said he plans to tie certain grant funding to whether states decide to participate in the agency’s election integrity program. Mullin appeared at a press conference to announce the initiative, among other measures that he said are designed “to make sure that the American people can trust our…
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