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Dulcinea

(9,095 posts)
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 07:11 AM Aug 22

DHS to states: Follow our voting rules or lose out on election security money

(NPR) The Trump administration has indicated it may withhold tens of millions of dollars in election security funding if states don't comply with its voting policy goals.

The money comes from a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grant program, and voting officials say new requirements from the administration will make the money inaccessible for most of the country.

NPR is the first news outlet to report on the changes.

About $28 million — or 3% of the overall Homeland Security Grant Program — is devoted to election security and now at risk, though some officials and experts worry that the new requirements could also endanger hundreds of millions of dollars in other grants for law enforcement.

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/22/nx-s1-5508345/election-security-grants-trump-voting-policy

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DHS to states: Follow our voting rules or lose out on election security money (Original Post) Dulcinea Aug 22 OP
That's a dilemma for corruption no matter which choice. no_hypocrisy Aug 22 #1
Since it's every state for themself TommyT139 Aug 22 #2

no_hypocrisy

(53,008 posts)
1. That's a dilemma for corruption no matter which choice.
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 07:29 AM
Aug 22

Follow new federal rules that suppress the vote (mostly for Democrats) or lose election security and have the results severely challenged.

TommyT139

(1,847 posts)
2. Since it's every state for themself
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 07:47 AM
Aug 22

...at least as the positives go, it's kind of hard to see what the use of being a state is.

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