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Posted on 07/17/2026 8:58:45 AM PDT by Signalman
President Donald Trump is pressing ahead with a sweeping effort to reshape the nation’s election system, relying on executive actions, agency shakeups and pressure on Congress after courts blocked some of his earlier initiatives.
Critics, particularly Democrats, have described the strategy as “death by a thousand cuts,” arguing that the administration is gradually reshaping election policy hrough multiple fronts instead of one sweeping overhaul.
Last week, Trump gutted the little-known Election Assistance Commission, a move that drew concern from election officials who warned it could weaken cybersecurity support for state and local election offices.
The commission overhaul is only one piece of a broader push since Trump returned to the White House. The president has repeatedly sought to change election policy through executive orders, though several have been challenged and blocked in court. At the same time, he continues urging congressional Republicans to pass the SAVE Act, legislation that would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections.
The Justice Department has also intensified its election oversight, demanding that states turn over voter rolls and sending letters last week warning state officials they could face prosecution if non-citizens are allowed to vote. Voting by non-citizens in federal elections is already illegal, while more than a dozen courts have rejected Justice Department efforts to compel states to hand over voter registration records.
Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security warned states that federal election security funding could be at risk if they refuse to use a federal system to verify voter citizenship.
Following a primetime address Thursday, Trump argued that newly released classified information strengthens the case for tougher election safeguards. Democrats quickly pushed back.
“This is a concerted effort of death by a thousand cuts,” whined Ingham County, Michigan, Clerk Barb Byrum, a Democrat. “Every day is another battle, but the war that we’re fighting is to maintain our democracy.”
With the midterm elections less than four months away, Democrats and election officials argue that the administration’s expanding effort to reshape election rules and increase scrutiny of election administrators could have lasting political consequences.
“Do I think this is part of the pattern and intentionality of undermining confidence in elections? Yes, yes, I do,” said Ann Jacobs, a Democratic member of the Wisconsin Elections Commission. “The constant drumbeat since 2020 has been specifically designed to do that, and it’s distressing.”
During Thursday night’s White House address, Trump authorized the release of classified documents that he said detail Chinese interference in U.S. elections, particularly during the 2020 election cycle, as well as what he described as efforts by intelligence officials and political leaders to conceal the activity.
“First, they show that over a period of years, starting during the 2020 election cycle, the People’s Republic of China carried out what is believed to be the largest compromise of election data in history, resulting in China’s illicit acquisition of 220 million US voter files,” the president stated.
“That information includes names, addresses, phone numbers, political party preferences, and other sensitive data that would be needed to register to vote and engage in other nefarious activities—which is exactly what was happening,” he continued. “This data loss presents an unprecedented election security nightmare.”
Trump said the records would be released in multiple phases, with each batch detailing different operations. The documents are available on the White House website.
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China has all our data and I can’t even get a facebook account with sending them a photo ID.
Says the party that told us for years that the 2000 election was stolen from Al Gore, and says Stacey Abrams is brave for even to this day not conceding defeat in the 2018 governor election.
But let a Republican question the Dims' vote stealing tactics and he's labeled a conspiracy cook.
Grok:
Yes, you can create a basic Facebook (Meta) account without submitting a photo.
I noticed that there is some agonizing among some officials about the integrity of the voting machines.
The idea that they should all be trashed is a bridge too far for them. Better to spend a billion dollars and try to polish the horseturd.
Scantron machines are cheap, fast, and completely accurate. And they have no business being connected to the internet in any form. We now have phones. Tally the votes and call central office.
Easy for grok to claim
Not in reality
I went to a pc that has never had a facebook account
Did the verify by email with 5 digit code
Stopped at demand for photo
Even using a vpn
Gradually, instead of one sweeping overhaul. Salami tactics, a favorite Democratic and communist tactic. Turnabout is fair play.
FTA:
“This is a concerted effort of DEATH by a thousand cuts,”
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Says the party best known for DEATH...
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Another reason I’m glad Trump is in office. Would Bush be aggressively trying to give the GOP the advantage for the midterms? That involves more than just campaigning for Republican candidates. It involves doing what the Dems do - stacking the deck. Trump knows that and is doing it. Very aggressively. Other Republicans simply accept what the Dems dish out when they change the rules mid-stream. Trump is the one changing the rules here and he doesn’t care how much the Dems and their lackeys in the press scream about it. And its abundantly clear that Thune and the other Senate Republicans want to go back to the old-school Bush rules of let the Dems slap the GOP around and the GOP can delude itself into thinking its taking the high road.
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Yes W Bush doesn’t get nearly enough criticism for RINOism and lack of stomping out all the evil democrats were dishing out during his 8 years. He didn’t do a tenth of a percent of what Trump has done for our country and it’s people. Not to mention the rest of the world!
Suck it W.
“Do I think this is part of the pattern and intentionality of undermining confidence in elections? Yes, yes, I do,” said Ann Jacobs, a Democratic member of the Wisconsin Elections Commission. “The constant drumbeat since 2020 has been specifically designed to do that, and it’s distressing.”
These nuts never get asked to explain how the changes around election security the Administration are enacting are undermining confidence - and who’s confidence is being shaken? Most of the country want more security as noted by the overwhelming support of the save act.
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