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(Image by Anna Moneymaker via Getty Images). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"84.340272918125\"><body readability=\"170.17440841367\"><\/p>\n<p>Election officials should brace for direct attacks from the Trump administration and its state GOP allies on the integrity of U.S. elections \u2014 and plan for the possibility that federal agencies once charged with protecting elections will leverage their authorities to interfere in the process, a voting rights nonprofit warned.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/our-work\/research-reports\/what-expect-next-trump-administrations-strategy-meddle-vote\">report<\/a> released Wednesday, researchers at the Brennan Center for Justice say the Trump administration\u2019s actions suggest that the White House is preparing for an unprecedented federal intervention in the way elections are administered ahead of 2026 and 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Those interventions include attempts to enact state-level bans or restrictions on <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/postal-service-election-officials-mail-at-risk\/\">mail-in voting<\/a>, the use of lawsuits or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/07\/02\/us\/politics\/justice-department-election-data.html\">criminal charges<\/a> against election officials who don\u2019t follow President Donald Trump\u2019s orders, pushing mass state <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/house-republicans-state-voter-roll-purges-hearing-gop-fraud-claims\/\">voter roll purges<\/a> based on <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/voter-citizenship-verification-trump-save-database\/\">potentially inaccurate citizenship data<\/a>, the deployment of the military <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/08\/26\/us\/politics\/trump-national-guard-chicago-dictator.html\">in American cities and towns<\/a> to intimidate voters and state officials, and the potential decertification or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/01\/21\/read-the-never-issued-trump-order-that-would-have-seized-voting-machines-527572\">seizure<\/a> of voting machines.<\/p>\n<p>The scenarios are all based on actions the administration has already taken this year or in its first term, statements made by Trump and his aides, lawsuits filed by the Department of Justice and supporting efforts from Republican-led state legislatures.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lawrence Norden, vice president for the elections and government program at the Brennan Center and one of the report\u2019s authors, told CyberScoop that the document is targeted at three audiences who will be on the front lines in Trump\u2019s war for control over elections: state election officials, policymakers and the public at large.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, the public was subjected to a deluge of false and unproven claims around election fraud, dead voters and hacked voting machines. While those claims had limited effect influencing voters outside of Trump\u2019s orbit, many federal officials \u2014 including Chris Krebs, his own nominee for cybersecurity and election security chief \u2014 contradicted his claims of mass fraud. This April, Trump ordered the Justice Department <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/trump-chris-krebs-executive-order-2020-election\/\">to investigate Krebs<\/a> for his statements about the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the Department of Homeland Security hired Marci McCarthy and Heather Honey, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wamc.org\/2022-03-03\/georgias-race-to-oversee-voting-pits-an-election-denier-against-an-election-defender\">who both actively tried to<\/a> overturn the results <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/heather-honey-dhs-election-security\">of the 2020 election<\/a>. McCarthy is now the top public affairs official at CISA, while Honey was recently named to a position <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/heather-honey-trump-election-integrity-homeland-security-e00b0dd4df548d317ce2186a3249f6f0\">overseeing election security efforts<\/a> at DHS. Other agencies, like the FBI and the DOJ, have shifted from supporting state elections to investigating and suing election offices over their voter registration practices.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the administration ends up doing, Norden said it would be wise to plan ahead for different possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the most effective ways to defeat misleading or false information is to call it out ahead of time, so when it comes to [dubious] reports we might see from government agencies, better to call it out now and say that this is part of a concerted effort and there are reasons not to trust it,\u201d Norden said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, he said policymakers at the state level \u201cneed to be planning and preparing for the next steps\u201d to protect their constitutional rights while running upcoming elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo being ready to have the backs of their election officials, being ready for politicized investigations that may come, being ready for efforts to interfere in the ability of election officials to run their elections according to state law, they need to be preparing for that now,\u201d Norden said.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-trump-uses-public-doubt-and-skepticism-as-policy-fuel\">Trump uses public doubt and skepticism as policy fuel<\/h4>\n<p>One possibility floated in the report is the administration moving to decertify voting machines used in some or most states through the Election Assistance Commission. Last week, Trump argued against mail-in ballots and \u201cvoting machines,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/trump-executive-order-elections-mail-in-voting-machines\/\">claiming an executive order<\/a> that limited their use would soon be issued. The EAC is responsible for overseeing the labs that <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/election-assistance-commission-eac-jerome-lovato\/\">test and certify<\/a> voting machines nationwide to ensure they are secure and meet the necessary standards.<\/p>\n<p>While the White House later walked back the possibility of an executive order, the administration has <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/trump-election-executive-order-sparks-backlash-from-critics\/\">already attempted<\/a> to compel the EAC to alter voter registration forms to require proof of citizenship and withhold federal funding to states that do not cooperate with federal agencies on election-related matters. A federal judge <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/elections-white-house-executive-order-court-proof-of-citizenship-requirements\/\">has nullified parts<\/a> of that order. <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Such certifications are technically voluntary on the part of voting machine manufacturers, but states and localities have overwhelmingly treated them as industry standard when purchasing their machines. Depending on the timing, the mass decertification of certain systems ahead of an election could inject chaos among states, which cannot easily or quickly buy, replace, and test new voting equipment.<\/p>\n<p>For states that do count votes using decertified machines, it could lead the public and political leaders to question the legitimacy of future results. This may give the Trump administration more support to sow doubt and challenge how states run their elections, the type of ballots they accept and how they process vote counts.<\/p>\n<p>The perception of voting impropriety in any future messaging from the Trump administration, even if it is false, is a key issue states will also have to contend with. All politicians use repetition in their political messaging, but for Trump, it is especially crucial to how he communicates, regardless of the actual facts.<\/p>\n<p>Stacy Rosenberg, an associate teaching professor at Carnegie Mellon\u2019s public policy school, told CyberScoop that Trump\u2019s rhetorical style requires aggressive repetition around simple themes \u2014 like mass noncitizen voting and poorly maintained voter rolls \u2014, because they help create the political will for the administration and its allies to take more extreme actions that couldn\u2019t otherwise be justified based on law or precedent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe attempt to have federalized voting is not something we typically see in the United States, so when elections are questioned, there may be people who say, \u2018well, it\u2019s justified for the federal government to come in and make changes,\u2019\u201d Rosenberg said. \u201cWe\u2019ll have to see how the courts handle that. It doesn\u2019t really fall into the domain of an executive order, so I think the question is: what can they do that the courts will allow?\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Norden said that while it\u2019s clear the president doesn\u2019t have the kind of direct authority over state-run elections he\u2019s claiming, he does have the power to \u201cboth mislead and to intimidate people, whether it\u2019s election officials or voters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe good news is that if we see them for what they are, those are limited powers,\u201d Norden said. \u201cAs long as the states step up and defend their elections, as long as voters come out and vote, that\u2019s not enough to undermine elections. But we have to see what\u2019s happening for [that defense] to be effective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In terms of counter messaging on the part of states, Rosenberg said much will rest on how courts respond to federal challenges, but from a strategy perspective \u201cthe number one thing [election officials] have to know is, you\u2019re going to be called fake news.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Trump White House has \u201ccontinued that line of attack through his first term to his present day. The way they want to control the message by saying everyone else\u2019s message is false is a persistent strategy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Pointing to the administration\u2019s previous efforts to strong-arm universities and law firms, Rosenberg noted that while no one was left unscathed, those who fared best tended to confront Trump head-on rather than try to accommodate him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI think all you can do is stand your ground, file your lawsuits or counter lawsuits as you need to, but I think you need to continue to do the ethical hard work that you\u2019ve done prior to the administration,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"3.3515358361775\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"13\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/trump-administration-setting-the-stage-for-elections-power-grab-voting-rights-group-warns-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Derek B. 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(Mattie Neretin\/CNP\/Sipa USA) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<header class=\"post-item__meta\" readability=\"1.7376237623762\">\n<h3 class=\"post-item__title\"> <a class=\"post-item__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/plankey-vows-to-boot-china-from-u-s-supply-chain-advocate-for-cisa-budget\/\"> Plankey vows to boot China from U.S. supply chain, advocate for CISA budget <\/a> <\/h3>\n<p> But Trump\u2019s pick to lead CISA sidestepped questions about alleged past or future election manipulation claims. <\/p>\n<div class=\"post-item__byline\"> <span class=\"post-item__author\"> <span>By <\/span> <a class=\"post-item__author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/author\/tim-starkscyberscoop-com\/\"> Tim Starks <\/a> <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <\/header>\n<p> <\/article>\n<article class=\"post-item post-item--popular-stories-cards \">\n<figure class=\"post-item__thumbnail\"> <a class=\"post-item__thumbnail-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/arizona-secretary-of-state-website-hack-candidate-portal-criticizes-cisa\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"251\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/trump-administration-setting-the-stage-for-elections-power-grab-voting-rights-group-warns-3.jpg?resize=251%2C168&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-ratio-16-9-sm size-ratio-16-9-sm wp-post-image\" alt decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/trump-administration-setting-the-stage-for-elections-power-grab-voting-rights-group-warns-7.jpg 5737w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/trump-administration-setting-the-stage-for-elections-power-grab-voting-rights-group-warns-7.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/trump-administration-setting-the-stage-for-elections-power-grab-voting-rights-group-warns-7.jpg?resize=768,513 768w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/trump-administration-setting-the-stage-for-elections-power-grab-voting-rights-group-warns-7.jpg?resize=1024,684 1024w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/trump-administration-setting-the-stage-for-elections-power-grab-voting-rights-group-warns-7.jpg?resize=1536,1026 1536w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/trump-administration-setting-the-stage-for-elections-power-grab-voting-rights-group-warns-7.jpg?resize=2048,1369 2048w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/trump-administration-setting-the-stage-for-elections-power-grab-voting-rights-group-warns-7.jpg?resize=600,401 600w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/trump-administration-setting-the-stage-for-elections-power-grab-voting-rights-group-warns-7.jpg?resize=251,168 251w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/trump-administration-setting-the-stage-for-elections-power-grab-voting-rights-group-warns-7.jpg?resize=504,337 504w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/trump-administration-setting-the-stage-for-elections-power-grab-voting-rights-group-warns-7.jpg?resize=1010,675 1010w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/trump-administration-setting-the-stage-for-elections-power-grab-voting-rights-group-warns-7.jpg?resize=1261,843 1261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\"> <\/a><figcaption class=\"screen-reader-text\"> WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 JANUARY 28: U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem delivers remarks to staff at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters on January 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Manuel Balce Ceneta-Pool\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<header class=\"post-item__meta\">\n<h3 class=\"post-item__title\"> <a class=\"post-item__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/arizona-secretary-of-state-website-hack-candidate-portal-criticizes-cisa\/\"> After website hack, Arizona election officials unload on Trump\u2019s CISA <\/a> <\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-item__byline\"> <span class=\"post-item__author\"> <span>By <\/span> <a class=\"post-item__author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/author\/derek-johnson\/\"> Derek B. 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Alex Padilla (D-CA) walks to the Senate Chambers U.S. Capitol on June 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. Padilla has returned to the U.S. Capitol with a bigger security detail and is set to make a speech on the Senate Floor, where he will discuss his removal from a news conference being held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after trying to ask a question. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<header class=\"post-item__meta\">\n<h3 class=\"post-item__title\"> <a class=\"post-item__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/congress-letter-save-dhs-uscis-save-immigrant-voter-file\/\"> Senate Democrats seek answers on Trump overhaul of immigrant database to find noncitizen voters <\/a> <\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-item__byline\"> <span class=\"post-item__author\"> <span>By <\/span> <a class=\"post-item__author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/author\/derek-johnson\/\"> Derek B. 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