"Right-wing activists who claim to be in contact with the White House have drafted a 17-page executive order that would declare a national emergency over elections by claiming Chinese interference. This order would give Trump unprecedented control over elections. An advocate for the draft order claims it would give Trump the power to ban mail-in ballots and voting machines "as the vectors of foreign interference," the Post reports."
"Allegations of Chinese interference in the 2020 election by Trump and top administration officials were disproven in 2021 by the U.S. intelligence community, which assessed that China "considered but did not deploy influence efforts intended to change the outcome of the US Presidential election.""
Right-wing activists claim to have drafted a 17-page executive order that would declare a national emergency based on allegations of Chinese interference in elections. The order would grant Trump unprecedented control over electoral processes, including the ability to ban mail-in ballots and voting machines by labeling them as vectors of foreign interference. Proponents argue this emergency power is necessary to address foreign threats to elections. However, U.S. intelligence officials disproved allegations of Chinese interference in the 2020 election in 2021, determining that China considered but did not deploy influence efforts to change the election outcome. The draft represents an attempt to use national security claims to justify sweeping executive control over voting methods.
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