DHS plans costly crackdown on states that don’t cooperate on election security

The Department of Homeland Security plans to withhold billions in preparedness grants from states that refuse to adopt new election security measures, including voter citizenship verification, post-election audits, and expanded use of paper ballots. The initiative, supported by FEMA's Homeland Security Grant Program, requires states to transition from unsecure electronic voting systems and conduct manual audits, while facing legal challenges after an Obama-appointed judge blocked a Trump administration election order.