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Elections

Condition blocked by court

Make counterterrorism money depend on ballot design

FEMA is checking voting machines before it pays counterterrorism grants.

Executive owner
Donald J. Trump / Homeland Security
Status
Condition blocked by court
Due
Before November 3
Paying for it
Local governments awaiting security grants

ACTIVITY

Updated
F
FEMA8:04 AM

FEMA put voting-machine requirements on the counterterrorism grant checklist.

DJT
Donald J. Trump8:06 AM

FEMA can explain the Money, plenty of people there explaining things to ME..... put one on this!

LG
Local Governments8:13 AM

Counties asked which part of a hand-marked ballot stops a terrorist attack.

DJT
Donald J. Trump8:15 AM

Secure Elections, Secure Country, I SEE THE CONNECTION!

L
Legal8:22 AM

Legal returned the checklist with the grant's original purpose circled.

DJT
Donald J. Trump8:24 AM

I like a Ballot you can HOLD, look at it, know what it is! Machines have Passwords, Updates, another fellow with a Cable..... don't like all the Cabling, nobody does!

SUGGESTED NEXT STEP

Ask the election office to explain the counterterrorism requirement to the fire department.

PUBLIC RECORD

On September 28, a federal judge blocked the administration from withholding 20% of certain counterterrorism grants unless local governments adopted its election procedures. The judge ruled that Congress had not authorized FEMA to use those grants for election changes.

Reuters · 2026-09-28 ↗