Trump Administration Accused of 15 Tactics to Sway 2026 Midterms
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Updated · Center For American Progress · Aug 19
Trump Administration Accused of 15 Tactics to Sway 2026 Midterms
3 articles · Updated · Center For American Progress · Aug 19
Summary
A Center for American Progress report says the Trump administration is using 15 interlocking tactics to interfere in the 2026 midterm elections and make voting harder for eligible Americans.
The report says the effort rests on the long-discredited myth of widespread voter fraud and is aimed at helping Trump and allies retain power while evading voter accountability.
The alleged tactics include installing election deniers in key posts, gutting election-security programs, demanding voter data from states, limiting voting access through executive orders, and pressuring Congress to pass suppressive legislation.
It also warns of more aggressive steps such as using Justice and Homeland Security to intimidate election officials, seizing voting equipment, deploying federal agents or the military, and declaring an emergency to take over or postpone elections.
The report argues the Constitution gives presidents no authority to control elections, even during emergencies, and says states, Congress, courts and civil society must block democratic backsliding before November.