DHS to states: Follow our voting rules or lose out on election security money [View all]

(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