{"id":5513,"date":"2026-06-28T12:41:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T12:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=5513"},"modified":"2026-06-28T12:41:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T12:41:28","slug":"with-time-running-out-trump-digs-in-on-changing-midterm-election-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=5513","title":{"rendered":"With time running out, Trump digs in on changing midterm election rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Fearing a Democratic takeover of Congress, the president has spent months trying to alter how the midterms will be conducted, but obstacles keep cropping up.<\/strong><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=5505\">Trump\u2019s vision for White House park: 47 trees to mark his presidency<\/a><\/p>\n<figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5507\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/d139e67e9a117fe6ddaba94c7062acc9-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/d139e67e9a117fe6ddaba94c7062acc9-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/d139e67e9a117fe6ddaba94c7062acc9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/d139e67e9a117fe6ddaba94c7062acc9-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/d139e67e9a117fe6ddaba94c7062acc9-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/d139e67e9a117fe6ddaba94c7062acc9-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figcaption>President Donald Trump, alongside Sens. Rick Scott (R-Florida), left, and John Barrasso (R-Wyoming), speaks to reporters on Wednesday at the Capitol. (Saul Loeb\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s efforts to alter how elections are run faced an avalanche of setbacks last week, as Republican senators rebuffed him and court after court hindered his administration\u2019s plans to, as one judge put it, undercut \u201cthe sacred right to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pushback has infuriated the president, who has ramped up his threats and demands as he openly grows increasingly worried about the investigations and impeachment that could come if Democrats win control of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>But with the general elections just four months away, Trump is racing the clock as states make final preparations for early voting.<\/p>\n<p>The urgent push to change election rules by several arms of the federal government has created a volatile sea of shifting and contested election policies, many of which are before the courts. The climate of uncertainty is creating headaches for election officials and risks confusing voters, reanimating conspiracy theories about rigged elections and spurring postelection disputes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe administration is doing as much as possible to inject chaos into the election cycle,\u201d said Wendy Weiser, vice president for democracy at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University, a voting rights organization that has sued the administration over election policies. \u201cA top priority for this administration is to try to interfere in this election.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5508\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4542df6e57aad929d5a3faf3a4ad66cf-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4542df6e57aad929d5a3faf3a4ad66cf-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4542df6e57aad929d5a3faf3a4ad66cf-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4542df6e57aad929d5a3faf3a4ad66cf-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4542df6e57aad929d5a3faf3a4ad66cf-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4542df6e57aad929d5a3faf3a4ad66cf-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figcaption>People cast their votes in the D.C. primary election this month. (Maxine Wallace\/The Washington Post)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Trump has issued executive orders on voting rules and cheered on Justice Department investigations of past elections. He\u2019s pressed Republicans in Congress to require Americans to provide proof of citizenship to register to vote. He\u2019s called for sharply curbing mail voting and urged ending the use of voting machines.<\/p>\n<p>He has been hampered not only by judges and reluctant GOP senators, but also a portion of the Constitution that gives states \u2014 not the federal government \u2014 primary authority over elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can never let elections get rigged again,\u201d Trump told supporters Tuesday during a stop in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/06\/23\/trumps-pennsylvania-stop-highlights-gop-midterm-balancing-act\/\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/06\/23\/trumps-pennsylvania-stop-highlights-gop-midterm-balancing-act\/\">Macungie, Pennsylvania<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Courts dealt Trump five adverse rulings last week, the first coming on Monday when a judge barred using a federal immigration database to determine voter eligibility. U.S. District Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan determined the use of the Department of Homeland Security database violates federal privacy laws and was responsible for revoking the voter registrations of some citizens who were wrongly listed as noncitizens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe federal government has knowingly trampled on the privacy rights of American citizens in a manner that threatens the sacred right to vote,\u201d she wrote. \u201cThis Court cannot stand idly by while that happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James Percival, the general counsel at DHS, expressed frustration with the ruling. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing how hard the Left will fight to stop us from solving problems they insist do not exist,\u201d he wrote on social media, responding to critics who emphasize the dearth of evidence of noncitizens voting in large numbers.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5509\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1d7bca49ba735983f13d569fe77a0b9a-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1d7bca49ba735983f13d569fe77a0b9a-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1d7bca49ba735983f13d569fe77a0b9a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1d7bca49ba735983f13d569fe77a0b9a-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1d7bca49ba735983f13d569fe77a0b9a-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1d7bca49ba735983f13d569fe77a0b9a-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figcaption>Voters line up on June 16 to cast their ballots inside Eastern Market in Washington. (Craig Hudson\/For The Washington Post)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Trump ordered the creation of the database last year in an executive order that also sought to require voters to provide proof of citizenship to register to vote. The provision on voter registration has been blocked by other judges, including one who <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/us-law-week\/trump-voter-identification-order-struck-down-by-third-us-judge\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/us-law-week\/trump-voter-identification-order-struck-down-by-third-us-judge\">issued a decision<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Frustrated by the rulings, Trump has spent months demanding that the Senate pass a law requiring Americans to submit documents proving their citizenship to register to vote and show identification to cast a ballot. The measure remains stalled because GOP senators have declined to lift long-standing filibuster rules that would allow them to pass it with a simple majority.<\/p>\n<p>Trump on Wednesday put new pressure on the Senate by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/06\/24\/trump-abruptly-cancels-signing-bipartisan-bill-affordable-housing\/\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/06\/24\/trump-abruptly-cancels-signing-bipartisan-bill-affordable-housing\/\">canceling the signing of a bipartisan housing bill<\/a> until it acts on the election legislation. Hours later, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/06\/24\/after-clashes-senate-republicans-prepare-talk-it-out-with-trump\/\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/06\/24\/after-clashes-senate-republicans-prepare-talk-it-out-with-trump\/\">urged Senate Republicans<\/a> to pass the voting measure in a closed-door meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump is committed to ensuring that Americans have full confidence in the administration of elections, and that includes totally accurate and up-to-date voter rolls free of errors and unlawfully registered non-citizen voters,\u201d White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said.<\/p>\n<p>DHS last week sought to prod states to go along with Trump\u2019s plans by threatening to withhold federal funding from states if they don\u2019t perform citizen checks on voters and agree to phase out some types of electronic voting systems.<\/p>\n<p>Checking citizenship records, frequently updating voter rolls and tightening ballot deadlines would \u201cenhance public trust in outcomes,\u201d said Jason Snead, executive director of the conservative Honest Elections Project.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is trying to achieve those goals with powers he doesn\u2019t have, said Dax Goldstein, senior counsel at the nonprofit States United Democracy Center, a nonpartisan group that assists state election officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is all part of this overall effort to take power away from the states that they have constitutionally and aggrandize it to the administration so that the president can interfere in the way that elections are run,\u201d Goldstein said.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=5501\">The Trump Pentagon appointee who has divided top Republicans<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amid the efforts to alter voting procedures, federal prosecutors have been investigating elections, often with Trump urging them along.<\/p>\n<p>Trump last week said he recently asked a federal prosecutor to \u201ctake a look\u201d at California\u2019s ranked choice primary for governor, calling into question the state\u2019s slow method of counting ballots. Separately, the FBI has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2026\/01\/28\/fbi-fulton-2020-election-fraud\/\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2026\/01\/28\/fbi-fulton-2020-election-fraud\/\">seized 2020 ballots<\/a> in Georgia, <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2026\/03\/09\/trump-arizona-election-subpoena\/?itid=lk_inline_manual_8\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2026\/03\/09\/trump-arizona-election-subpoena\/?itid=lk_inline_manual_8\">obtained images of 2020 ballots<\/a> in Arizona, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/05\/29\/fbi-interviews-election-workers-wisconsin-amid-trumps-false-2020-claims\/\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/05\/29\/fbi-interviews-election-workers-wisconsin-amid-trumps-false-2020-claims\/\">questioned current and former election officials<\/a> in Wisconsin about the 2020 election. The Justice Department has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/04\/19\/michigan-2024-ballots-harmeet-dhillon\/\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/04\/19\/michigan-2024-ballots-harmeet-dhillon\/\">unsuccessfully sought<\/a> 2024 ballots in Michigan, and the FBI recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2026\/06\/12\/fbi-searches-offices-ohio-voter-registration-group-seizing-computers\/\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2026\/06\/12\/fbi-searches-offices-ohio-voter-registration-group-seizing-computers\/\">raided the offices<\/a> of a progressive group in Ohio that focuses on voter registration.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has argued repeatedly and falsely that the 2020 election was stolen from him, despite ample evidence that Joe Biden won fairly.<\/p>\n<p>Rattled by the investigations and worried the administration could interfere with voting, Senate Democrats said they would send election observers to the polls this fall. \u201cWe\u2019re not waiting for the chaos to arrive,\u201d said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York). \u201cWe\u2019re preparing now.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5510\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8517d738d6ddde67060a854c95435f51-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8517d738d6ddde67060a854c95435f51-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8517d738d6ddde67060a854c95435f51-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8517d738d6ddde67060a854c95435f51-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8517d738d6ddde67060a854c95435f51-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8517d738d6ddde67060a854c95435f51-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figcaption>Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) on June 18 at the Capitol. (J. Scott Applewhite\/AP)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In March, Trump tried another tack by issuing an executive order that seeks to limit who can receive mail ballots. Postmaster General David Steiner told senators last week that proposed rules prompted by the order would bar mail ballots from being sent in states that don\u2019t turn over voter information.<\/p>\n<p>But a judge <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/06\/25\/court-blocks-trumps-executive-order-limiting-mail-ballots\/?itid=ap_patrick-marley_article-list_1_0\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/06\/25\/court-blocks-trumps-executive-order-limiting-mail-ballots\/?itid=ap_patrick-marley_article-list_1_0\">put a stop to Trump\u2019s plans<\/a> on Thursday, saying the administration doesn\u2019t have authority to impose such sweeping changes. The White House said it will appeal, and election officials said if the measure goes into effect it could impede voting, particularly in states such as Colorado that conduct almost all voting by mail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow is not the time for an experiment with people\u2019s fundamental right to vote,\u201d said Amanda Gonzalez (D), the county clerk in Colorado\u2019s Jefferson County and a candidate for secretary of state.<\/p>\n<p>Election officials have little time to adjust to any new voting policies because they must start sending mail ballots for the general election to military and overseas voters by mid-September. Significant changes to rules would require them to retrain workers, buy supplies, redesign ballot envelopes and modify their voting procedures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump is sowing seeds of confusion into our election system,\u201d said Rebekah Caruthers, chief executive of the Fair Elections Center, a nonprofit group focused on voting rights. \u201cIt\u2019s confusing to young people, especially college students, who oftentimes are voting for the very first time.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5511\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/da7d6f683f62b575dfc3893fd502c932-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/da7d6f683f62b575dfc3893fd502c932-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/da7d6f683f62b575dfc3893fd502c932-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/da7d6f683f62b575dfc3893fd502c932-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/da7d6f683f62b575dfc3893fd502c932-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/da7d6f683f62b575dfc3893fd502c932-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figcaption>An election worker processes mail-in ballots in Industry, California, this month. (Patrick T. Fallon\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The fight over how elections are run is particularly acute in the swing state of North Carolina, where Republicans last year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2025\/05\/01\/north-carolina-elections-board-supreme-court\/\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2025\/05\/01\/north-carolina-elections-board-supreme-court\/\">took over elections boards<\/a> after GOP lawmakers put a Republican official in charge of making appointments. Republicans on county election boards have sought to eliminate early voting sites or move them to more conservative areas. The GOP-controlled state elections board will have the final say on determining the location of many early voting sites.<\/p>\n<p>Other attempts to change the mechanics of elections have failed. The Justice Department has sued 30 states to get copies of their voter rolls but has lost each of the nine cases and one appeal that have been ruled on.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s allies are hoping to secure a victory before the Supreme Court soon in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/03\/23\/supreme-court-mail-in-ballots-mississippi\/\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/03\/23\/supreme-court-mail-in-ballots-mississippi\/\">a case that could tighten deadlines<\/a> for mail ballots. Republicans want to make sure mail ballots are counted only if they are in the hands of election officials by Election Day.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5512\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b3dd4363d483750d5159d251020b6b57-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b3dd4363d483750d5159d251020b6b57-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b3dd4363d483750d5159d251020b6b57-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b3dd4363d483750d5159d251020b6b57-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b3dd4363d483750d5159d251020b6b57-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b3dd4363d483750d5159d251020b6b57-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figcaption>The Supreme Court in January. (Brendan Smialowski\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Fourteen states and D.C. allow mail ballots to be counted if they arrive after Election Day as long as they\u2019re postmarked on time, and another 16 states allow late returns for military and overseas voters. New deadlines would prompt states to engage in costly campaigns to alert millions of voters that they\u2019ll need to return their ballots sooner \u2014 especially amid concerns about mail delays.<\/p>\n<p>Other cases are just getting started. The Republican National Committee this month sued Nebraska and Colorado officials to prevent some citizens living out of the country \u2014 including adult children of citizens who have never lived in the U.S. \u2014 from casting ballots.<\/p>\n<p>Many Democrats see the attempts to make last-minute changes to election laws as voter suppression.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLess access has always been something historically that has endangered more people than helped anyone,\u201d visual artist Nadya Yaksich, 30, said after voting in the Democratic primary at a high school in Wheaton, Maryland, last week.<\/p>\n<p>But book cataloguer Carola Lewis, 62, said after voting in the Republican primary at the same school that she would have more confidence in election results if all voters were required to show IDs and prove that they are citizens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a citizen, I abide by the law, I pay my taxes, I do what I\u2019m supposed to do, I go out and vote,\u201d Lewis said. \u201cAnd then to not be 100 percent confident that it\u2019s only Americans that are voting is actually terrifying to me.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=5491\">Four takeaways on Black unemployment in Trump\u2019s economy<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fearing a Democratic takeover of Congress, the president has spent months trying to alter how the midterms will be conducted, but obstacles keep cropping up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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