- The Trump administration is threatening to withhold tens of millions (up to 20% of DHS grant money) unless states adopt a sweeping set of election changes, using homeland security funding as leverage.
- New mandates would push states to phase out some electronic voting systems, switch to hand‑marked paper ballots, run manual audits, and check voter rolls against DHS’s SAVE citizenship verification database.
- The move could be costly for states (upgrades may cost billions), is likely to prompt legal challenges, and touches off a debate over federal overreach into state-run elections.
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