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Pundit cheers lawsuit suit to stop Trump's midterm scheme - Alternet via MSN "The question at the center of it is actually pretty simple. Are armed federal agents going to show up at polling places in the next election? Yes or no?Donald Trump keeps threatening to use the military to prevent Democrats from taking one or both houses of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections and a commentator argued Wednesday that Democrats are correct in suing in response.
Theres a new lawsuit that might sound dramatic at first, but the question at the center of it is actually pretty simple, wrote NewsNation and The Hill contributor Lindsey Granger. Are armed federal agents going to show up at polling places in the next election? Yes or no?
Granger explained that the Democratic National Committee is suing the Trump administration because, despite filing 11 Freedom of Information Act requests with the Department of Justice, Homeland Security and the Department of Defense since October, they have allegedly not received a straight answer on whether there are any plans or discussions about deploying federal officers or troops to polling locations, ballot drop boxes or election offices.
Because Trump has previously argued he should be able to take over elections, and some of his outside advisers have suggested declaring a national emergency as a pretext for seizing voting machines or placing federal agents near polling locations, "Democrats need clarification," Granger wrote.
Theres a new lawsuit that might sound dramatic at first, but the question at the center of it is actually pretty simple, wrote NewsNation and The Hill contributor Lindsey Granger. Are armed federal agents going to show up at polling places in the next election? Yes or no?
Granger explained that the Democratic National Committee is suing the Trump administration because, despite filing 11 Freedom of Information Act requests with the Department of Justice, Homeland Security and the Department of Defense since October, they have allegedly not received a straight answer on whether there are any plans or discussions about deploying federal officers or troops to polling locations, ballot drop boxes or election offices.
Because Trump has previously argued he should be able to take over elections, and some of his outside advisers have suggested declaring a national emergency as a pretext for seizing voting machines or placing federal agents near polling locations, "Democrats need clarification," Granger wrote.
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Pundit cheers lawsuit suit to stop Trump's midterm scheme (Original Post)
B.See
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(28,256 posts)1. Florida has already enacted its own version of SAVE Act
and Mark Elias is set to contest it .
It needs to get to scotus pronto
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/12/floridas-legislature-passes-its-version-of-save-america-act-but-theres-a-catch-00827272
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Cha
(318,611 posts)2. Not "dramatic"... Right on Point. TY
And the DNC!
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