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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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George Chidi

Trump’s continued distrust in election integrity has experts eyeing his next move

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Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks in Garden City, New York, on 14 August 2026. Photograph: Kent Nishimura/AFP/Getty Images

A series of moves by Donald Trump’s administration to sow doubt in the integrity of US elections has intensified concern among voting experts – and sparked hope among election deniers – that it could declare a national emergency.

The White House and US federal agencies have released a string of documents this summer – including disputed analyses of alleged voting by noncitzens and historical intelligence memos – stoking expectations that the US president could move to exert greater control over November’s US midterm elections.

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