Draft Order to Declare National Emergency on Elections Circulating Trump Allies

Photo: Voting Machine Storage – October 12, 2008. Photo credit: Kris Arnold via Flickr. CC BY 2.0. Article by Sharon Zhang. Truthout – February 26, 2026.

Allies of the Trump administration are reportedly circulating a document that they say would grant the president sweeping powers over elections, including the ability to ban mail-in ballots, by declaring a national emergency over disproven allegations of interference by China in the 2020 election, a new Washington Post report finds. Right-wing activists who claim to be in contact with the White House have drafted a 17-page executive order that would declare a national emergency over elections by claiming Chinese interference. […]

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