No more ‘hypothetical situations’: States move to fortify elections against Trump

Photo: A ‘Vote Here’ sign outside an election polling place at Woodbury City Hall in Woodbury, Minnesota, during the 2020 general election, on November 3, 2020. Photo credit: Tony Webster via Flickr. CC BY 2.0. Article by Kevin Hardy. Stateline – August 14, 2026.

State Democratic officials are preparing for chaos at the polls this November, as President Donald Trump casts doubt on election security and pushes for more federal involvement in local voting. “We’re no longer talking about hypothetical situations,” said Nick Brown, Washington state’s Democratic attorney general, noting the president’s push to nationalize election administration and to question the integrity of upcoming elections. […]

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