"Less than a year from the midterm elections, state and local voting officials from both major political parties are actively preparing for the possibility of interference by a federal government helmed by President Trump. The problem is, no one knows what might be coming. Steve Simon, the Democratic secretary of state of Minnesota, likened it to planning for natural disasters."
"Carly Koppes, the Republican clerk of Weld County in Colorado, said officials in her state are shoring up their relationships with local law enforcement and county and state attorney's offices, to make sure any effort to interfere with voting is "met with a pretty good force of resistance." We have to plan for the worst and hope we get the best," Koppes said."
"Trump, who continues to spread false claims about voting in America, issued an executive order in the spring that sought to mandate major changes to the elections system. That order has so far mostly been blocked by the courts, but he's teased other executive action as well. And his administration is still investigating his loss five years ago, while pardoning people associated with his efforts to try to overturn that defeat."
State and local voting officials from both major parties are actively preparing for potential interference by a federal government led by President Trump as midterm elections approach. Officials are imagining extreme scenarios and planning like for natural disasters. Some jurisdictions are strengthening relationships with local law enforcement and county and state attorneys to resist interference. Trump has promoted false claims about voting and issued an executive order aiming to change the elections system, which courts mostly blocked, while signaling further executive actions. The administration is investigating a past election loss and issuing pardons linked to efforts to overturn that defeat, increasing concern among election officials.
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