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The new threat election officials fear: Trump’s federal government
The Washington Post ^ | September 13, 2026 5:00 a.m. EDT | Patrick Marley and Laura Meckler

Posted on 09/13/2026 8:16:39 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

With seven weeks until Election Day, officials are preparing for seized ballots, ICE agents at the polls and a postal system that could reject ballots by the batch.

The activists staking out the ballot drop boxes in suburban Phoenix wore body armor and face coverings. With guns at their sides, they recorded residents as they deposited their votes during the last midterm elections.

Voting-rights groups sued, and a federal judge put a stop to them, ruling they had to stay at least 250 feet away while armed to ensure voters were not intimidated.

Four years later and 100 miles to the south, Pima County Attorney Laura Conover is treating the 2022 incident as a lesson on the importance of moving quickly this fall if anyone — including Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents — tries to interfere with the election’s administration. For her county along the U.S.-Mexico border, Conover has drawn up court papers so she can immediately file litigation to protect the vote.

“When it comes to preparing for elections, we are on overdrive,” she said.

In 2022, one of the greatest threats to elections came from activists like the armed men and women looming near drop boxes and questioning America’s voting procedures. This year, Conover and other officials across the nation are preparing for the possibility that the most serious risks may come from President Donald Trump, his agencies and allies — including many now in power at the federal, state and local levels. Election officials are contemplating ideas that once sounded outlandish, such as troops seizing voting machines, the president dictating...


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1 posted on 09/13/2026 8:16:39 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Better get some fresh panties for the d-bags at the Compost.

They are wetting them as fast as they can.


2 posted on 09/13/2026 8:18:42 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (TDS: Trump Deification Syndrome)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

ICE agents at the polls

Why would election officials fear that?


3 posted on 09/13/2026 8:19:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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“…a postal system that could reject ballots by the batch.”

a postal system that could reject ILLEGITIMATE ballots by the batch.

They kinda left out the important part


4 posted on 09/13/2026 8:20:00 PM PDT by stanne
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The new threat election officials fear, is getting caught. Word of advice to said election officials - do nothing illegal and you’ll have nothing to fear.


5 posted on 09/13/2026 8:24:04 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Marxists/Socialists/(incongruously-named)Democrats just HATE free and fair elections.

Dem voters don't seem to understand that if totally successful, Dem vote thievery and flim-flamming means that at some eventual point, NOBODY's vote counts, even the Dems.

6 posted on 09/13/2026 8:25:14 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston ChurchIill)
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To: BenLurkin

[ICE agents at the polls

Why would election officials fear that?]

Yeah. What’s to fear?

Legal American Citizens
Legally Voting.

Why, there’s absolutely NOTHING to fear at ALL.

Secure, Safe Voting.


7 posted on 09/13/2026 8:25:42 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The author doesn’t comprehend that it’s the drop boxes and fake ballots which are the threat to free and fair elections, or what is commonly improperly referred to as “democracy” by the corporate media.


8 posted on 09/13/2026 8:33:29 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: Dr. Franklin

He comprehends, his a TRAITOR.


9 posted on 09/13/2026 8:41:04 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

So now the Democrat Media is gonna pretend that our dirty “elections” aren’t rigged.


10 posted on 09/13/2026 8:44:12 PM PDT by kiryandil (I give up with this crew of trolls)
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Any mention of all the photos taken of mass ballot dumps in Phoenix in past elections?

I have a couple saved, including one where some clown had obscured his license plate.

Now why would someone do that to drop off a large stack of ballots?


11 posted on 09/13/2026 8:50:08 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: cowboyusa
He comprehends, his a TRAITOR.

At best an idiot, but likely a troll.
12 posted on 09/13/2026 8:59:37 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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13 posted on 09/13/2026 9:09:40 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The right of the Democrats to embezzle elections shall not be infringed. )
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14 posted on 09/13/2026 9:11:13 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The right of Democrats to embezzle elections shall not be infringed. )
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