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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Brendan Rascius

Trump team wants to withhold millions in Homeland Security funds from states who do not back election reform: report

With the midterm elections approaching, the Trump administration is signaling it may withhold millions of dollars in homeland security funding from states that don’t make certain election-related changes, according to a new report.

Under revised guidelines for homeland security grants, states would be required to implement a series of measures, including eliminating some electronic voting systems and cross-checking voter rolls against a federal database, CNN reported, citing internal records it obtained.

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