No more ‘hypothetical situations’: States move to fortify elections against Trump

State Democratic officials are preparing for potential federal interference during midterms because Donald Trump questions election security and pushes for more federal involvement in local voting. Officials, like Washington state’s Democratic attorney general Nick Brown, are gearing up to fight potential intimidation or interference efforts in court against the federal government. To protect polling places, lawmakers have introduced new legislation while attorneys general prepare for worst-case scenarios of federal overreach.