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Federal Ballot Controls
Trump Ordered Mail-Ballot Restrictions; His FBI Seized More Than 600 Boxes of Georgia Election Records
Trump used executive orders, election grants and federal law enforcement to reach for control over who votes and whose ballots count, rules the Constitution assigns to states and Congress.
25 sourcesExplore →The Census Exclusion
Trump Ordered Census Work Excluding Undocumented Immigrants; His Administration Proposed Excluding Some Lawful Immigrants From Apportionment
On August 7, 2025, Trump said he had ordered work on a new census that would not count undocumented immigrants.
11 sourcesExplore →Public Money, Republican Votes
Trump Bought Ads With Taxpayer Money and Promised Every Adult Citizen $5,000 if Republicans Won
Trump acknowledged paying for ads promoting his administration with federal money.
33 sourcesExplore →Agents at the Polls
Trump Left Open Sending ICE to the Polls, Then Emptied the Election Commission
Asked whether he would send ICE or the National Guard to voting sites, Trump said he would do anything necessary for honest elections.
37 sourcesExplore →Voter Screening Errors
Trump Ordered Voter Citizenship Checks. 578 Flagged Texans Were Cleared as Citizens.
Trump ordered citizenship checks of state voter rolls, and his agencies used Social Security records they knew could be wrong.
29 sourcesExplore →