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# Toni Gerona
Antoni "Toni" Gerona Salaet (born 31 July 1973) is a Spanish handball coach.

## Biography
Toni Gerona trained at the National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia between 1992 and 1997 with a license in handball.
After obtaining his diploma, he became technical training manager for the Catalan Handball Federation until 2004.
At the same time, at FC Barcelona, Gerona took care of the Blaugrana youth teams from 1999 to 2004 and then, for three years, was Xesco Espar's assistant to the first team (2004-2008). In this role, he won the Champions League 2005 as well as the La Liga 2006. At the same time as the position of technical director of training (2008-2015), Gerona took over the management of the Barcelona reserve team (2009-2015). Gerona then coached the Qatari club of El Jaish from 2015 to 2017 and Al Rayyan from 2022.
In July 2017, Toni Gerona joined the Tunisian national team for three years, winning 2018 African Nations Championship and coming in second in 2020. He reached the second round of the 2019 World Championship. In the summer of 2019, at 45 and having become French-speaking following his experience in Tunisia, Toni Gerona joined the C 'Chartres MHB, promoted to the French first division. He also retained his function at the head of the Tunisian national team. In Chartres, he signed up for two seasons, one of which was optional, and benefited from an extended technical staff, made up in particular of a physical trainer and the young retiree of the grounds, Ricardo Candeias, for the goalkeepers.
He was dismissed from Tunisia national team after failing to retain the African title. A few weeks later, then eleventh in the championship, he extended his contract by a year with C'Chartres MHB. In May 2020 he became head coach for Serbia national team which he led until January 2024.

## Honours

### Club
- EHF Champions League:
  - Winner: 2005 (assistant)
- Liga ASOBAL:
  - Winner: 2006 (assistant)

### National Team
- African Championship:
  - Winner: 2018
  - Runner-up: 2020
- Mediterranean Games:
  - Runner-up: 2018
  - Third place: 2022

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'''Antoni "Toni" Gerona Salaet''' (born 31 July 1973) is a Spanish [[handball]] coach.

==Biography==
Toni Gerona trained at the National Institute of [[Physical Education]] of [[Catalonia]] between 1992 and 1997 with a license in handball.

After obtaining his diploma, he became technical training manager for the Catalan Handball Federation until 2004.
At the same time, at FC Barcelona, Gerona took care of the Blaugrana youth teams from 1999 to 2004 and then, for three years, was [[Xesco Espar]]'s assistant to the first team (2004-2008). In this role, he won the [[EHF Champions League|Champions League]] 2005 as well as the [[Liga ASOBAL|La Liga]] 2006. At the same time as the position of technical director of training (2008-2015), Gerona took over the management of the Barcelona reserve team (2009-2015). Gerona then coached the Qatari club of El Jaish from 2015 to 2017 and Al Rayyan from 2022.

In July 2017, Toni Gerona joined the [[Tunisia men's national handball team|Tunisian national team]] for three years, winning 2018 African Nations Championship and coming in second in 2020. He reached the second round of the 2019 World Championship. In the summer of 2019, at 45 and having become [[French language|French]]-speaking following his experience in [[Tunisia]], Toni Gerona joined the [[C' Chartres Métropole Handball|C 'Chartres MHB]], promoted to the French first division. He also retained his function at the head of the Tunisian national team. In [[Chartres]], he signed up for two seasons, one of which was optional, and benefited from an extended technical staff, made up in particular of a physical trainer and the young retiree of the grounds, [[:fr:Ricardo Candeias|Ricardo Candeias]], for the goalkeepers.

He was dismissed from Tunisia national team after failing to retain the African title. A few weeks later, then eleventh in the championship, he extended his contract by a year with C'Chartres MHB. In May 2020 he became head coach for Serbia national team which he led until January 2024.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.handball-planet.com/serbia-and-toni-gerona-part-ways/ | title=Serbia and Toni Gerona part ways | date=19 January 2024 }}</ref>

==Honours==

===Club===
* [[EHF Champions League]]:
** ''Winner:'' 2005 (assistant)
* [[Liga ASOBAL]]:
** ''Winner:'' 2006 (assistant)

===National Team===
* [[African Men's Handball Championship|African Championship]]:
** ''Winner:'' 2018
** ''Runner-up:'' 2020
* [[Handball at the Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]]:
** ''Runner-up:'' 2018
** ''Third place:'' 2022

==References==
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{{Tunisia squad 2019 World Men's Handball Championship}}
{{Serbia squad 2024 European Men's Handball Championship}}

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[[Category:Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Serbia]]
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# Republican Party efforts to disrupt voting after the 2024 United States presidential election
The Republican Party's efforts to disrupt voting after the 2024 United States presidential election involve a series of coordinated actions at the state and national level by Republican Party officials and their allies that targeted election infrastructure – including voting rights and election security – as well as political opponents.

## Federal actions

### Actions against the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

#### Halting work of CISA
In response to a January 2025 executive order by Donald Trump, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) acting director Bridget Bean ordered a freeze of all election security work until the department completed a review of all work related to election security and the countering of misinformation, disinformation and malinformation dating back to 2017. 17 employees involved in those programs were placed on administrative leave on February 7, 2025.
Kristi Noem had previously stated during her confirmation hearing for Secretary of Homeland Security her view that CISA had moved "far off mission" and her interest in working with Senators to "rein them in." The review was completed on March 6. However, a CISA spokesperson said that there were no plans to release it publicly.
In February and March 2025, Noem cancelled over $9 million in yearly contracts between CISA and Center for Internet Security, primarily targeting the Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EI-ISAC), which had helped election officials and law enforcement across the United States monitor and share information about election threats such as cyberattacks on election software and hardware. Her department, as of April 8, is also considering further cuts to intrusion detection systems and cyberattack detection.

#### Reducing workforce of CISA
Over 130 probationary employees were fired in February (including 10 who worked with election officials), but were ordered reinstated by a federal judge the next month. As of April 8, some of those ordered reinstated said that they were still placed on leave. Over a hundred additional employees were fired by the Department of Government Efficiency in February and March, including red team staffers as well as staffers in the Cyber Incident Response Team. In April 2025, CBS News reported that the Trump administration planned to reduce the workforce of CISA by as many as 1,300 employees.

#### Targeting of Chris Krebs
On April 9, Trump issued a presidential memorandum targeting Chris Krebs, the former director of CISA, revoking his security clearance and instructing the Department of Homeland Security and the United States Attorney General to investigate him. In 2020, Krebs had publicly denied Trump's false claims of fraud during the 2020 United States presidential election. During Krebs' tenure, CISA had focused on counteracting election misinformation and disinformation. On May 1, the Department of Homeland Security revoked his Global Entry membership.

#### Impact
CISA had previously helped local and state election officials with both physical and digital security, including counteracting misinformation and disinformation campaigns. Due to these changes in leadership and workforce personnel, employee morale had significantly diminished. Key staff members had left the agency. Leadership had required approval for communication with external partners, several of which expressed fear about access by the Department of Government Efficiency to sensitive data and federal computer systems. The agency's work on security advocacy - especially with respect to open source software and artificial intelligence - was reported to be at risk. Some employees have expressed that they are forbidden to address threats to democracy, and have expressed fear of discussing those threats. Current and former employees said that these cuts were dangerous to national security and the economy.
As of April 2025, the Trump administration plans to remove civil service protections from 80% of the remaining CISA workforce, which would allow the administration to remove them for political causes. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows remarked that the termination of EI-ISAC resulted in reduced ability of election officials across the country to collaborate and share information. As of April 2025, 28 states have passed laws forbidding private donors from funding election infrastructure. These laws were influenced by false claims that Mark Zuckerberg, who donated to election offices in the past, had interfered with the 2020 United States elections on behalf of the Democratic Party. As such, local and state election officials have been prohibited from seeking external funds for cybersecurity assistance.

### Actions against the Federal Election Commission
On February 7, 2025, Trump sent the chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission (FEC), Ellen Weintraub, a letter informing her she was fired, but she refused to leave, alleging the attempted removal was illegal. She had previously voted to investigate Trump over allegations of collusion between his political campaigns and associated super political action committees, as well as Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. The commission had deadlocked on many cases involving Trump, with the three Republican commissioners voting against investigation. This action occurred when the FEC was planning adjudication for campaign finance complaints for the 2024 United States elections, especially those involving Elon Musk.
Also in February, Trump signed Executive Order 14215, which placed independent regulatory agencies, including the FEC under his control. The Democratic Party filed a federal lawsuit, claiming that the order violates the Federal Election Campaign Act and that employees of the Democratic Party's campaign groups worried that their strategies for fundraising and communication may lead to an FEC complaint against those groups.
On April 30, Republican commissioner Allen Dickerson resigned from the FEC, leading to the commission being without a quorum. This situation prevents the agency from partaking in its usual activities such as voting on investigations, publishing advisory opinions or guidance, or enforcing campaign finance law violations. As of that day, Trump has not made any announcements for new commissioners.

### Actions against the Federal Bureau of Investigation
In February 2025, Pam Bondi disbanded the Foreign Influence Task Force, an FBI task force that investigated foreign influence operations, which included operations that aimed to influence elections in the United States. Bondi said that this action would "free resources to address more pressing priorities, and end risks of further weaponization and abuses of prosecutorial discretion." Election experts expressed concern that such a move would signal that the federal government did not prioritize foreign election interference.
In March 2025, the head of the FBI Elections Threats Task Force resigned. As of April 2025, Bondi has not filled this role.

### Actions against the National Security Agency
On April 3, 2025, Trump fired Timothy D. Haugh, the head of the National Security Agency and United States Cyber Command. Haugh had previously been involved in counteracting Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections.

### Actions against the Cyber Safety Review Board
On January 21, 2025, it was reported that the Trump administration fired all members of the Cyber Safety Review Board. At the time it was still investigating Salt Typhoon, an intrusion believed to allow the Chinese government to access phone and broadband networks and spy on the communications of over a million Americans, including Trump while he was a presidential candidate.

### Actions against the Department of Justice
By April 2025, the voting section of the United States Department of Justice, which was responsible for enforcing national laws against voter discrimination, had all of its senior civil servants removed, and the Trump administration ordered department attorneys to dismiss its active cases. Dismissed cases include a lawsuit challenging a voting law in Georgia, cases involving voter roll purges in Virginia and Alabama, and a cases involving electoral district redrawing in Texas. Concerns were raised about voting rights reinforcement and the potential for political interference, and former attorneys for the unit accused the administration of seeking to lower morale through its reassignments. An internal memo announced that the unit would pivot to investigating voter fraud and "other forms of malfeasance".

### Creation of Special Unit Election Accountability Office
On March 17, 2025, interim U.S. attorney Ed Martin announced the creation of a new office, "Special Unit Election Accountability" to investigate electoral fraud. He asked for volunteers to join the office, which he said had started one investigation.

### Suppressing disinformation research
On January 7, 2025, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta would stop working with third-party fact-checking organizations, claiming that these organizations were politically biased and that the company's previous approach to content moderation led to "censorship". Some of these fact-checkers had relied on Meta for funding. Senator Markwayne Mullin said that Zuckerberg had met with Trump prior to announcing this policy change. Trump had previously threatened Zuckerberg with imprisonment if Meta continued its work on counteracting election-related disinformation for the 2024 election.
On January 20, Trump signed an executive order alleging past censorship by the United States federal government against its citizens and banning its officials from doing so. Disinformation experts and journalists warned that this order could further the spread of false information and harassment online, as well as lead to a chilling effect between government agencies and technology companies with respect to sharing information, potentially impacting national security. Others warned that the order could be seen as a form of censorship itself, and that some researchers may self-censor when applying for funding for their work.
On April 16, the Trump administration announced the closure of the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference office, which had worked on monitoring disinformation attacks by foreign nation-states. Jeanne Shaheen criticized the closure, which James Rubin compared to "unilateral disarmament." The closure was reportedly overseen by Darren Beattie.
On April 18, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that it would stop funding research involving misinformation, disinformation and malinformation. Over 50 grants involving research on information spread and trust, collectively worth about $9 million, had been canceled by that day. Kate Starbird said, "These cuts — along with diminished transparency of platforms (via data access to researchers), platforms retreating from content moderation, and the defunding of fact-checking organizations — are likely to make it even more difficult for researchers, journalists, and everyday people to find trustworthy information and to understand how social media and other information spaces are being manipulated for political and financial gain." The Pentagon and the National Institutes of Health had also cut funding for studying misinformation, conspiracy theories or social science research. By May 15, over 1,400 grants in total, collectively worth over $1 billion, had been cut by the NSF. Officials from these departments claimed without evidence that the research supported censoring right-wing Americans. Researchers responded that these claims conflated academic research of misinformation with content moderation policies by technology companies, and expressed concerned that these attacks and loss of support by social media platforms and the federal government would result in information pollution.

#### Proposed ban of regulation on artificial intelligence
In May 2025, Brett Guthrie proposed a budget reconciliation bill that would ban regulation of artificial intelligence or "automated decision" systems by states for ten years. Critics warned that such a bill would be a "giant gift" to Big Tech companies and that the implications of this ban would go beyond artificial intelligence. Jan Schakowsky warned that the proposed bill would "allow AI companies to ignore consumer privacy protections, let deepfakes spread, and allow companies to profile and deceive consumers using AI."

### De-characterization of Russia as a security threat
The Guardian reported that, by February 2025, the Trump administration had indicated that it did not perceive Russia as a cybersecurity threat. Cybersecurity experts warned that this position would lead the United States to be vulnerable to cyberattacks from Russia. Similarly, during the first Trump administration in 2017, Trump proposed collaborating with Russia to protect against election-related hacking, but had later walked away from the idea.

### Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act
On January 3, 2025, Republican representative Chip Roy reintroduced the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE Act), which proposes to amend the National Voter Registration Act such that anyone who applies to register to vote in federal elections (or who updates their existing voter registration) must submit proof of citizenship. This proposal has been criticized by voting rights activists for potentially disenfranchising voters, such as approximately 69 million married women, any eligible voter who changes their name (such as for gender identity transition), and approximately 10% of voters who do not have immediate, if any, access to documents to prove their citizenship such as naturalized citizens, Native Americans and those with low income. The legislation had passed the United States House of Representatives on April 9, 220-208.

### Executive order on voting
On March 26, 2025, Trump signed Executive Order 14248, which called for significant changes to vote registration, ballot casting, and vote counting. Similar to the SAVE Act, the order required proof of citizenship for vote registration for federal elections, but is more restrictive than the bill in its documentation requirements, potentially impacting 146 million Americans who do not have passports. The order also threatened states with federal lawsuits or federal funding losses if they counted mail-in ballots received after Election Day; and empowered the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Government Efficiency to compare state voter registration lists and federal immigration databases. Voting rights activists and analysts expressed alarm, describing the effort as an attempt at both voter suppression and vesting power to the president to control elections. The order requested the Election Assistance Commission to make these changes.
Current members of the board of advisors of the Election Assistance Commission (as of March 2025) include J. Christian Adams (who previously sat on the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity), Hans von Spakovsky (a lawyer for the Heritage Foundation who has falsely alleged widespread voter fraud), and an attorney Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (which attempted to purge over 200,000 voters from the voter rolls in Wisconsin prior to the 2020 election). As of February 2025, Chris Wlaschin, the chief information security officer for Election Systems and Software is a member of the Technical Guidelines Development Committee as a technical advisor. He was previously the chief information security official at the United States Department of Health and Human Services during the first Trump administration.
On March 31, two separate federal lawsuits challenging the order were filed by the Democratic Party (the Democratic National Committee, Democratic Governors Association, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries) and two non-profits (the Campaign Legal Center and the State Democracy Defenders Fund), arguing that it violated the Elections Clause of the United States Constitution. On April 24, a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction to block the proof-of-citizen requirement, but denied requests to block the mail-in ballot restrictions and state voter registration list cross-checks. Additional lawsuits were also filed against the order by 19 Democratic state attorneys general on April 3, as well as the states of Washington and Oregon on April 4.

### Targeting Democratic Party-associated organizations

#### Targeting ActBlue and Indivisible
On April 24, 2025, Trump signed an executive memorandum that called for Pam Bondi to investigate ActBlue, a fundraising platform for the Democratic Party, accusing the group of being used "to improperly influence American elections." ActBlue had previously been investigated by Republicans in the House of Representatives, asking for evidence that the group blocked foreign donations and further accusing the group of allowing fraudulent activity. However, this suspected fraudulent activity was identified by ActBlue itself, under typically very small amounts of money. Elon Musk had also accused ActBlue of funding Tesla Takedown protests. Mother Jones traced allegations of fraud on ActBlue to James O'Keefe in 2023, and then to the Fair Election Fund, a group that is funded by Musk. These claims then circulated among right-wing outlets and then were cited by state attorneys general and the congressional Republicans who investigated ActBlue. Political allies of Trump have threatened both ActBlue and the progressive movement Indivisible with prosecution.

#### Targeting Democratic Party-associated law firms
On March 6, 2025, Trump signed Executive Order 14230, which revoked the security clearances of Perkins Coie employees due the law firm's practices of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The firm has a history of legal work with the Democratic Party and many of its campaigns. It had worked with Fusion GPS, which commissioned the Steele dossier. The firm had also worked on cases involving voting rights. The order was partially blocked by a federal judge on March 12, who then ruled it unconstitutional on May 2.
Elias Law Group, run by Democratic election lawyer Marc Elias was named by a memo from the Trump administration on March 22, 2025, accusing Elias of election interference during the 2016 United States presidential election. Elias had worked for the 2016 campaign of Hillary Clinton and had successfully challenged Trump's false claims of fraud during the 2020 United States presidential election. Elias responded, "Elias Law Group will not be deterred from fighting for democracy in court. There will be no negotiation with this White House about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring on their behalf."

### Interference by Elon Musk
On Election Day 2024, Musk stated that he planned for America PAC to be involved in the 2026 United States midterm elections, "any intermediate elections, as well as [...] elections at the district attorney level." In April 2025, Reuters reported that Musk was expected to fund Republican candidates during the midterm elections.

### Proposed banning of ranked choice voting
As of June 2024, ten Republican-leaning states have banned ranked-choice voting. In April 2025, Nick Begich and Abraham Hamadeh introduced legislation to ban ranked-choice voting for federal elections. Begich had previously won his election while ranked-choice voting was in effect in Alaska. The bill has been criticized for federal overreach.

### Threats against blue states
On February 20, 2025, at the Republican Governors Association, Trump predicted that the Republican Party would do well during the 2026 midterm elections, stating that "I think the midterms will be a big surprise" and that "the red states are going to do good, and the blue states, I don't know, maybe they'll totally disappear off that map."

## State actions

### Florida
In May 2025, Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed a law to restrict citizens' initiatives. As of 2019, similar restrictions have been put into place in states controlled by Republicans, including Arkansas, Utah and Michigan. The law in Florida was mostly upheld by a federal judge.

### North Carolina
In April 2025, the North Carolina Court of Appeals issued an anonymous ruling that Republican North Carolina State Auditor Dave Boliek was allowed to control the North Carolina State Board of Elections, removing power from the Democratic governor Josh Stein. This decision – which had only two sentences and did not include an explanation – would result in both the state and county boards of elections having a Republican majority. Stein speculated that this ruling was part of an attempt to overturn the 2024 North Carolina Supreme Court election.

### Ohio
In February 2025, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose published an online portal of daily database snapshots of Ohio voter rolls. The president of the League of Women Voters in Ohio expressed concerns about voter privacy and that these snapshots may be used by conservative voting activist groups who have previously filed challenges in what she described as an attempt at voter suppression.
In April 2025, the Ohio House of Representatives passed a budget bill that proposed replacing elections for coroners with appointments by county boards of commissioners. Several Ohio coroners expressed concern that they were not previously consulted, that there was no debate, and that appointed coroners risked losing independence and becoming politicized.

### Oklahoma
In May 2025, Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction announced a new policy for academic social studies in K-12 public schools to include false claims of electoral fraud related to the 2020 United States presidential election as part of the curriculum. Walter had appointed Kevin Roberts of the Heritage Foundation and Dennis Prager to revise these new standards.

### Texas
In May 2025, Texas attorney general Ken Paxton charged six people with "vote harvesting", including a county executive, a county elections worker, a school board trustee, and two City Council members. In 2021, the Texas Legislature prohibited ballot collection in a large amount or in exchange for payment, deeming such practices as "vote harvesting services". The Republican Party historically has attempted to reduce the use of intermediaries for voting in elections, but others argued that some voters may need third parties to turn in their ballots. The League of United Latin American Citizens has criticized the charges as "voter suppression 101" and accused Paxton of targeting Hispanic and Democratic voters.

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The '''Republican Party's efforts to disrupt voting after the 2024 United States presidential election''' involve a series of coordinated actions at the state and national level by [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] officials and their allies that targeted election infrastructure – including [[Voting rights in the United States|voting rights]] and [[election security]] – as well as political opponents.

== Federal actions ==
=== Actions against the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ===
==== Halting work of CISA ====
In response to [[Executive Order 14149|a January 2025 executive order by Donald Trump]], [[Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency]] (CISA) acting director [[Bridget Bean]] ordered a freeze of all election security work until the department completed a review of all work related to election security and the countering of [[misinformation]], [[disinformation]] and [[malinformation]] dating back to 2017. 17 employees involved in those programs were placed on [[administrative leave]] on February 7, 2025.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=Geller |first=Eric |date=2025-02-14 |title=Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work |url=https://www.wired.com/story/cisa-election-security-freeze-memo/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250331050558/https://www.wired.com/story/cisa-election-security-freeze-memo/ |archive-date=2025-03-31 |access-date=2025-05-17 |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2025-02-10 |title=US cyber agency puts election security staffers who worked with the states on leave |url=https://apnews.com/article/election-security-cisa-kristi-noem-cybersecurity-5bac8ce416c46b4fbe44c94ae5874b39 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250401081011/https://apnews.com/article/election-security-cisa-kristi-noem-cybersecurity-5bac8ce416c46b4fbe44c94ae5874b39 |archive-date=2025-04-01 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[AP News]] |language=en}}</ref>

[[Kristi Noem]] had previously stated during her confirmation hearing for [[United States Secretary of Homeland Security|Secretary of Homeland Security]] her view that CISA had moved "far off mission" and her interest in working with [[United States Senate|Senators]] to "rein them in."<ref name=":1" /> The review was completed on March 6. However, a CISA spokesperson said that there were no plans to release it publicly.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Ortega |first=Bob |date=2025-04-09 |title=Voting: Trump is dismantling election security networks |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/politics/election-security-systems-trump-invs/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250410192238/https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/politics/election-security-systems-trump-invs/index.html |archive-date=2025-04-10 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[CNN]] |language=en}}</ref>

In February and March 2025, Noem cancelled over $9 million in yearly contracts between CISA and [[Center for Internet Security]], primarily targeting the [[Center for Internet Security#Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EI-ISAC)|Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EI-ISAC)]], which had helped election officials and law enforcement across the United States monitor and share information about election threats such as [[cyberattacks]] on election software and hardware. Her department, as of April 8, is also considering further cuts to [[intrusion detection systems]] and cyberattack detection.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last1=Norden |first1=Lawrence |last2=Tisler |first2=Derek |date=2025-02-18 |title=The Trump Administration Is Going After Our Elections Too |url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/02/trump-doge-layoffs-project-2025-election-security-cisa-firing.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250321024407/https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/02/trump-doge-layoffs-project-2025-election-security-cisa-firing.html |archive-date=2025-03-21 |access-date=2025-05-17 |work=[[Slate (website)|Slate]] |language=en-US |issn=1091-2339}}</ref>

==== Reducing workforce of CISA ====

Over 130 probationary employees were fired in February (including 10 who worked with election officials<ref name=":2" />), but were ordered reinstated by a federal judge the next month.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sganga |first=Nicole |date=2025-03-17 |title=Fired CISA probationary employees to be reinstated after U.S. judge's order last week |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fired-cisa-probationary-employees-reinstated/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250406050917/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fired-cisa-probationary-employees-reinstated/ |archive-date=2025-04-06 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[CBS News]] |language=en-US}}</ref> As of April 8, some of those ordered reinstated said that they were still placed on leave.<ref name=":2" /> Over a hundred additional employees were fired by the [[Department of Government Efficiency]] in February and March, including [[red team]] staffers as well as staffers in the Cyber Incident Response Team.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Page |first=Carly |date=2025-03-11 |title=DOGE axes CISA 'red team' staffers amid ongoing federal cuts |url=https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/doge-axes-cisa-red-team-staffers-amid-ongoing-federal-cuts/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250312152108/https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/doge-axes-cisa-red-team-staffers-amid-ongoing-federal-cuts/ |archive-date=2025-03-12 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[TechCrunch]] |language=en-US}}</ref> In April 2025, [[CBS News]] reported that the Trump administration planned to reduce the workforce of CISA by as many as 1,300 employees.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Brennan |first1=Margaret |last2=Sganga |first2=Nicole |last3=Triay |first3=Andres |date=2025-04-04 |title=Cybersecurity agency that oversees election infrastructure to face significant cuts, sources say |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cisa-cybersecurity-election-infrastructure-face-significant-cuts-sources-say/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250406015016/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cisa-cybersecurity-election-infrastructure-face-significant-cuts-sources-say/ |archive-date=2025-04-06 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[CBS News]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

==== Targeting of Chris Krebs ====
On April 9, Trump issued a [[presidential memorandum]] targeting [[Chris Krebs]], the former director of CISA, revoking his [[security clearance]] and instructing the [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]] and the [[United States Attorney General]] to investigate him. In 2020, Krebs had publicly denied Trump's [[False claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election|false claims of fraud during the 2020 United States presidential election]]. During Krebs' tenure, CISA had focused on counteracting election misinformation and disinformation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whittaker |first=Zack |date=2025-04-10 |title=Trump orders federal investigation into former CISA director Chris Krebs |url=https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/10/trump-orders-federal-investigation-into-former-cisa-director-chris-krebs/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250415170038/https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/10/trump-orders-federal-investigation-into-former-cisa-director-chris-krebs/ |archive-date=2025-04-15 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[TechCrunch]] |language=en-US}}</ref> On May 1, the Department of Homeland Security revoked his [[Global Entry]] membership.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Quinn |first=Melissa |date=2025-05-01 |title=Chris Krebs, ex-head of cybersecurity agency targeted by Trump, has Global Entry membership revoked |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chris-krebs-cisa-trump-global-entry/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250502151106/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chris-krebs-cisa-trump-global-entry/ |archive-date=2025-05-02 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[CBS News]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

==== Impact ====
CISA had previously helped local and state election officials with both physical and digital security,<ref name=":0" /> including counteracting misinformation and [[Disinformation attack|disinformation campaigns]].<ref name=":1" /> Due to these changes in leadership and workforce personnel, [[employee morale]] had significantly diminished. Key staff members had left the agency. Leadership had required approval for communication with external partners, several of which expressed fear about access by the [[Department of Government Efficiency]] to sensitive data and federal computer systems. The agency's work on security advocacy - especially with respect to [[Open-source software|open source software]] and [[artificial intelligence]] - was reported to be at risk. Some employees have expressed that they are forbidden to address threats to democracy, and have expressed fear of discussing those threats. Current and former employees said that these cuts were dangerous to national security and the economy.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Geller |first=Eric |date=2025-03-13 |title='People Are Scared': Inside CISA as It Reels From Trump's Purge |url=https://www.wired.com/story/inside-cisa-under-trump/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250401185102/https://www.wired.com/story/inside-cisa-under-trump/ |archive-date=2025-04-01 |access-date=2025-05-17 |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}}</ref>

As of April 2025, the [[Second presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration]] plans to remove civil service protections from 80% of the remaining CISA workforce, which would allow the administration to remove them for political causes. [[Maine Secretary of State]] [[Shenna Bellows]] remarked that the termination of EI-ISAC resulted in reduced ability of election officials across the country to collaborate and share information.<ref name=":2" /> As of April 2025, 28 states have passed laws forbidding private donors from funding election infrastructure. These laws were influenced by false claims that [[Mark Zuckerberg]], who donated to election offices in the past, had interfered with the [[2020 United States elections]] on behalf of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. As such, local and state election officials have been prohibited from seeking external funds for cybersecurity assistance.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last1=Sanger |first1=David E. |last2=Corasaniti |first2=Nick |date=2025-04-05 |title=Trump Weakens U.S. Cyberdefenses at a Moment of Rising Danger |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/us/politics/trump-loomer-haugh-cyberattacks-elections.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250405094055/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/us/politics/trump-loomer-haugh-cyberattacks-elections.html |archive-date=2025-04-05 |access-date=2025-05-17 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

=== Actions against the Federal Election Commission ===
On February 7, 2025, Trump sent the chairwoman of the [[Federal Election Commission]] (FEC), [[Ellen Weintraub]], a letter informing her she was fired, but she refused to leave, alleging the attempted removal was illegal. She had previously voted to investigate Trump over allegations of collusion between his political campaigns and associated [[Political action committee|super political action committees]], as well as [[Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections]]. The commission had deadlocked on many cases involving Trump, with the three Republican commissioners voting against investigation.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-07 |title=Trump Fires Head of Federal Election Panel, But She Won't Leave |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-07/trump-fires-head-of-fec-but-ellen-weintraub-won-t-leave |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250207151458/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-07/trump-fires-head-of-fec-but-ellen-weintraub-won-t-leave |archive-date=2025-02-07 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[Bloomberg News]]}}</ref> This action occurred when the FEC was planning [[adjudication]] for campaign finance complaints for the [[2024 United States elections]], especially those involving [[Political activities of Elon Musk#United States|Elon Musk]].<ref name=":3" />

Also in February, Trump signed [[Executive Order 14215]], which placed [[Independent agencies of the United States federal government|independent regulatory agencies]], including the FEC under his control. The [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] filed a federal lawsuit, claiming that the order violates the [[Federal Election Campaign Act]] and that employees of the Democratic Party's campaign groups worried that their strategies for fundraising and communication may lead to an FEC complaint against those groups.<ref>{{Cite web |last=MacFarlane |first=Scott |date=2025-03-11 |title=Democrats ask judge to block Trump executive order giving him more control over FEC |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democrats-judge-trump-order-that-would-give-him-more-control-over-fec/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250320023047/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democrats-judge-trump-order-that-would-give-him-more-control-over-fec/ |archive-date=2025-03-20 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[CBS News]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

On April 30, Republican commissioner [[Allen Dickerson]] resigned from the FEC, leading to the commission being without a [[quorum]]. This situation prevents the agency from partaking in its usual activities such as voting on investigations, publishing advisory opinions or guidance, or enforcing campaign finance law violations. As of that day, Trump has not made any announcements for new commissioners.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Piper |first=Jessica |date=2025-04-30 |title=Departure on FEC hobbles the election enforcement agency |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/30/fec-quorum-00318077 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250501191503/https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/30/fec-quorum-00318077 |archive-date=2025-05-01 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[Politico]] |language=en}}</ref>

=== Actions against the Federal Bureau of Investigation ===
In February 2025, [[Pam Bondi]] disbanded the Foreign Influence Task Force, an [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] task force that investigated [[Political warfare|foreign influence operations]], which included operations that aimed to influence elections in the United States. Bondi said that this action would "free resources to address more pressing priorities, and end risks of further weaponization and abuses of prosecutorial discretion." Election experts expressed concern that such a move would signal that the federal government did not prioritize [[Foreign electoral intervention|foreign election interference]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-06 |title=Trump's Justice Department ends Biden-era task force aimed at seizing assets of Russian oligarchs |url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-sanctions-trump-treasury-doj-bondi-85ccedf25d5146db74d83dce01c9958c |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329175106/https://apnews.com/article/russia-sanctions-trump-treasury-doj-bondi-85ccedf25d5146db74d83dce01c9958c |archive-date=2025-03-29 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[Associated Press]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-16 |title=Dismantling of federal efforts to monitor election interference creates opening for foreign meddling |url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-election-security-fbi-cisa-foreign-interference-98f1e17c8a6d5923db945a27f06458e7 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329172649/https://apnews.com/article/trump-election-security-fbi-cisa-foreign-interference-98f1e17c8a6d5923db945a27f06458e7 |archive-date=2025-03-29 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[Associated Press]] |language=en}}</ref>

In March 2025, the head of the FBI Elections Threats Task Force resigned. As of April 2025, Bondi has not filled this role.<ref name=":2" />

=== Actions against the National Security Agency ===
On April 3, 2025, Trump fired [[Timothy D. Haugh]], the head of the [[National Security Agency]] and [[United States Cyber Command]]. Haugh had previously been involved in counteracting [[Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections]].<ref name=":4" />

=== Actions against the Cyber Safety Review Board ===
On January 21, 2025, it was reported that the Trump administration fired all members of the [[Cyber Safety Review Board]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Franceschi-Bicchierai |first=Lorenzo |date=2025-01-22 |title=Trump administration fires members of cybersecurity review board in 'horribly shortsighted' decision |url=https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/22/trump-administration-fires-members-of-cybersecurity-review-board-in-horribly-shortsighted-decision/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122165939/https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/22/trump-administration-fires-members-of-cybersecurity-review-board-in-horribly-shortsighted-decision/ |archive-date=2025-01-22 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[TechCrunch]] |language=en-US}}</ref> At the time it was still investigating [[Salt Typhoon]], an intrusion believed to allow the Chinese government to access phone and broadband networks and spy on the communications of over a million Americans, including Trump while he was a presidential candidate.<ref name=":4" />

=== Actions against the Department of Justice ===
By April 2025, the voting section of the [[United States Department of Justice]], which was responsible for enforcing national laws against voter discrimination, had all of its senior civil servants removed, and the Trump administration ordered department attorneys to dismiss its active cases. Dismissed cases include a lawsuit challenging a voting law in Georgia, cases involving voter roll purges in Virginia and Alabama, and a cases involving electoral district redrawing in Texas. Concerns were raised about voting rights reinforcement and the potential for political interference, and former attorneys for the unit accused the administration of seeking to [[Constructive dismissal|lower morale]] through its reassignments.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Levine |first=Sam |date=2025-04-28 |title=Trump's justice department appointees remove leadership of voting unit |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/28/trump-doj-voting-rights |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250429122842/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/28/trump-doj-voting-rights |archive-date=2025-04-29 |access-date=2025-05-17 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> An internal memo announced that the unit would pivot to investigating voter fraud and "other forms of malfeasance".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-03 |title=Justice Department will switch its focus on voting and prioritize Trump's elections order, memo says |url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-justice-department-voting-rights-elections-fraud-0717d58a10daa11b3957d277a7ca8e0e |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250503131014/https://apnews.com/article/trump-justice-department-voting-rights-elections-fraud-0717d58a10daa11b3957d277a7ca8e0e |archive-date=2025-05-03 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[Associated Press]] |language=en}}</ref>

=== Creation of Special Unit Election Accountability Office ===
On March 17, 2025, interim [[United States Attorney for the District of Columbia|U.S. attorney]] [[Ed Martin (Missouri politician)|Ed Martin]] announced the creation of a new office, "Special Unit Election Accountability" to investigate [[electoral fraud]]. He asked for volunteers to join the office, which he said had started one investigation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lynch |first=Sarah |date=2025-03-17 |title=Washington D.C.'s top prosecutor announces election fraud probe, though authority unclear |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/washington-dcs-top-prosecutor-announces-election-fraud-probe-though-authority-2025-03-17/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250317195138/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/washington-dcs-top-prosecutor-announces-election-fraud-probe-though-authority-2025-03-17/ |archive-date=2025-03-17 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>

=== Suppressing disinformation research ===
{{See also|Government targeting of political opponents and civil society under the second Trump administration#Actions against the media and free speech}}
On January 7, 2025, [[Mark Zuckerberg]] announced that [[Meta Platforms|Meta]] would stop working with third-party [[fact-checking]] organizations, claiming that these organizations were politically biased and that the company's previous approach to [[content moderation]] led to "censorship". Some of these fact-checkers had relied on Meta for funding.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-01-07 |title=Meta says it will end fact-checking as Silicon Valley prepares for Trump |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/01/07/nx-s1-5251151/meta-fact-checking-mark-zuckerberg-trump |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250107200714/https://www.npr.org/2025/01/07/nx-s1-5251151/meta-fact-checking-mark-zuckerberg-trump |archive-date=2025-01-07 |access-date=2025-05-17 |work=[[NPR]] |language=en}}</ref> Senator [[Markwayne Mullin]] said that Zuckerberg had met with Trump prior to announcing this policy change.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eckstein |first=Griffin |date=2025-01-10 |title=Zuckerberg made fact-check changes after Trump visit: GOP congressman |url=https://www.salon.com/2025/01/09/zuckerberg-made-fact-changes-after-visit-congressman/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250110074522/https://www.salon.com/2025/01/09/zuckerberg-made-fact-changes-after-visit-congressman/ |archive-date=2025-01-10 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[Salon.com|Salon]] |language=en}}</ref> Trump had previously threatened Zuckerberg with imprisonment if Meta continued its work on counteracting election-related disinformation for the [[2024 United States elections|2024 election]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-01-08 |title=Tech industry watchers see Meta's end of fact-checking as a move to appease Trump |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/01/08/nx-s1-5251444/tech-industry-watchers-see-metas-end-of-fact-checking-as-a-move-to-appease-trump |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250201174416/https://www.npr.org/2025/01/08/nx-s1-5251444/tech-industry-watchers-see-metas-end-of-fact-checking-as-a-move-to-appease-trump |archive-date=2025-02-01 |access-date=2025-05-17 |work=[[NPR]] |language=en}}</ref>

On January 20, Trump signed [[Executive Order 14149|an executive order]] alleging past [[censorship]] by the United States federal government against its citizens and banning its officials from doing so. Disinformation experts and journalists warned that this order could further the spread of false information and harassment online, as well as lead to a [[chilling effect]] between government agencies and technology companies with respect to sharing information, potentially impacting [[national security]]. Others warned that the order could be seen as a form of censorship itself, and that some researchers may [[Self-censorship|self-censor]] when applying for funding for their work.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Gold |first1=Hadas |last2=Reilly |first2=Liam |date=2025-01-22 |title=Disinformation experts blast Trump's executive order on government censorship as 'direct assault on reality' |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/media/trump-censorship-executive-order-disinformation/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250323033527/https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/media/trump-censorship-executive-order-disinformation/index.html |archive-date=2025-03-23 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[CNN]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-01-24 |title=A White House order claims to end 'censorship.' What does that mean? |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/01/24/nx-s1-5270071/eo-weaponization |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250401131215/https://www.npr.org/2025/01/24/nx-s1-5270071/eo-weaponization |archive-date=2025-04-01 |access-date=2025-05-17 |work=[[NPR]] |language=en}}</ref>

On April 16, the Trump administration announced the closure of the [[Global Engagement Center|Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference office]], which had worked on monitoring disinformation attacks by foreign nation-states. [[Jeanne Shaheen]] criticized the closure, which [[James Rubin]] compared to "[[unilateral disarmament]]." The closure was reportedly overseen by [[Darren Beattie]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gedeon |first=Joseph |date=2025-04-16 |title=Trump administration shutters US office countering foreign disinformation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/16/trump-state-department-foreign-disinformation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250421023621/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/16/trump-state-department-foreign-disinformation |archive-date=2025-04-21 |access-date=2025-05-17 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

On April 18, the [[National Science Foundation]] (NSF) announced that it would stop funding research involving misinformation, disinformation and malinformation. Over 50 grants involving research on [[Information science|information spread and trust]], collectively worth about $9 million, had been canceled by that day.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carnell |first=Henry |date=2025-04-21 |title=Government cancels disinformation grants in disinformation-filled statement |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/nsf-science-disinformation-research-grants-cancelled/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250423120307/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/nsf-science-disinformation-research-grants-cancelled/ |archive-date=2025-04-23 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]] |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Kate Starbird]] said, "These cuts — along with diminished transparency of platforms (via data access to researchers), platforms retreating from content moderation, and the defunding of fact-checking organizations — are likely to make it even more difficult for researchers, journalists, and everyday people to find trustworthy information and to understand how social media and other information spaces are being manipulated for political and financial gain."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-21 |title=National Science Foundation cancels research grants related to misinformation and disinformation |url=https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/04/national-science-foundation-cancels-research-grants-related-to-misinformation-and-disinformation/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250429010704/https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/04/national-science-foundation-cancels-research-grants-related-to-misinformation-and-disinformation/ |archive-date=2025-04-29 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[Nieman Foundation for Journalism|Nieman Lab]]}}</ref> [[The Pentagon]] and the [[National Institutes of Health]] had also cut funding for studying misinformation, [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]] or [[Social science|social science research]]. By May 15, over 1,400 grants in total, collectively worth over $1 billion, had been cut by the NSF. Officials from these departments claimed without evidence that the research supported censoring right-wing Americans. Researchers responded that these claims [[Conflation|conflated]] academic research of misinformation with content moderation policies by technology companies, and expressed concerned that these attacks and loss of support by social media platforms and the federal government would result in [[information pollution]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Myers |first=Steven Lee |date=2025-05-15 |title=Trump Administration Cancels Scores of Grants to Study Online Misinformation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/business/trump-online-misinformation-grants.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250515091156/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/business/trump-online-misinformation-grants.html |archive-date=2025-05-15 |access-date=2025-05-17 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==== Proposed ban of regulation on artificial intelligence ====
In May 2025, [[Brett Guthrie]] proposed a [[Reconciliation (United States Congress)|budget reconciliation bill]] that would ban [[regulation of artificial intelligence]] or "[[Automated decision-making|automated decision]]" systems by states for ten years. Critics warned that such a bill would be a "giant gift" to [[Big Tech]] companies and that the implications of this ban would go beyond artificial intelligence. [[Jan Schakowsky]] warned that the proposed bill would "allow AI companies to ignore [[consumer privacy]] protections, let [[Deepfake|deepfakes]] spread, and allow companies to profile and deceive consumers using AI."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roth |first=Emma |date=2025-05-13 |title=Republicans push for a decadelong ban on states regulating AI |url=https://www.theverge.com/news/666288/republican-ai-state-regulation-ban-10-years |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250513213331/https://www.theverge.com/news/666288/republican-ai-state-regulation-ban-10-years |archive-date=2025-05-13 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[The Verge]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== De-characterization of Russia as a security threat ===
''[[The Guardian]]'' reported that, by February 2025, the Trump administration had indicated that it did not perceive Russia as a cybersecurity threat. Cybersecurity experts warned that this position would lead the United States to be vulnerable to cyberattacks from Russia.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kirchgaessner |first=Stephanie |date=2025-03-01 |title=Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/28/trump-russia-hacking-cyber-security |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250327171736/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/28/trump-russia-hacking-cyber-security |archive-date=2025-03-27 |access-date=2025-05-17 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Similarly, during the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|first Trump administration]] in 2017, Trump proposed collaborating with Russia to protect against election-related hacking,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-07-09 |title=Trump says discussed forming cyber security unit with Putin |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/world/trump-says-discussed-forming-cyber-security-unit-with-putin-idUSKBN19U0HU/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250405202149/https://www.reuters.com/article/world/trump-says-discussed-forming-cyber-security-unit-with-putin-idUSKBN19U0HU/ |archive-date=2025-04-05 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> but had later walked away from the idea.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vries |first=Karl de |date=2017-07-10 |title=Trump appears to back away from cybersecurity effort with Putin |url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/09/politics/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-cybersecurity/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710035941/https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/09/politics/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-cybersecurity/index.html |archive-date=2017-07-10 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[CNN]] |language=en}}</ref>

=== Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act ===
On January 3, 2025, Republican representative [[Chip Roy]] reintroduced the [[Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act]] (SAVE Act), which proposes to amend the [[National Voter Registration Act]] such that anyone who applies to register to vote in federal elections (or who updates their existing voter registration) must submit proof of citizenship. This proposal has been criticized by voting rights activists for potentially disenfranchising voters, such as approximately 69 million [[Wife#Changing of name upon marriage|married women]], any eligible voter who changes their name (such as for gender identity transition), and approximately 10% of voters who do not have immediate, if any, access to documents to prove their citizenship such as [[Naturalized citizen of the United States|naturalized citizens]], Native Americans and those with low income. The legislation had passed the [[United States House of Representatives]] on April 9, 220-208.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tyler |first=Presley Bo |date=2025-04-02 |title=SAVE Act may make voting process more difficult for some due changes in registration |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2025/04/02/what-is-the-save-act-what-to-know-about-the-acts-voting-requirements/82773616007/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250407002355/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2025/04/02/what-is-the-save-act-what-to-know-about-the-acts-voting-requirements/82773616007/ |archive-date=2025-04-07 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[USA Today]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zinsner |first=Hadleigh |date=2025-02-28 |title=Will SAVE Act Prevent Married Women from Registering to Vote? |url=https://www.factcheck.org/2025/02/will-save-act-prevent-married-women-from-registering-to-vote/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250406145436/https://www.factcheck.org/2025/02/will-save-act-prevent-married-women-from-registering-to-vote/ |archive-date=2025-04-06 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[FactCheck.org]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2025-04-10 |title=Four Democrats Pass Bill Making It Harder for Married Women to Vote |url=https://newrepublic.com/post/193868/democrats-save-act-bill-harder-married-women-vote |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250411154823/https://newrepublic.com/post/193868/democrats-save-act-bill-harder-married-women-vote |archive-date=2025-04-11 |access-date=2025-05-17 |magazine=[[The New Republic]] |issn=0028-6583}}</ref>

=== Executive order on voting ===
On March 26, 2025, Trump signed [[List of executive orders in the second presidency of Donald Trump|Executive Order 14248]], which called for significant changes to vote registration, ballot casting, and vote counting. Similar to the SAVE Act, the order required proof of citizenship for vote registration for federal elections, but is more restrictive than the bill in its documentation requirements, potentially impacting 146 million Americans who do not have passports. The order also threatened states with federal lawsuits or federal funding losses if they counted mail-in ballots received after Election Day; and empowered the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Government Efficiency to compare state voter registration lists and federal immigration databases. Voting rights activists and analysts expressed alarm, describing the effort as an attempt at both [[Voter suppression in the United States|voter suppression]] and [[Unitary executive theory|vesting power to the president to control elections]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Berman |first=Ari |date=2025-03-26 |title=Trump's new executive order is an "astonishing and unprecedented voter suppression" effort |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/donald-trump-executive-order-voter-suppression-election-assistance-commission/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250410234823/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/donald-trump-executive-order-voter-suppression-election-assistance-commission/ |archive-date=2025-04-10 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]] |language=en-US}}</ref> The order requested the [[Election Assistance Commission]] to make these changes.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-24 |title=US election officials question agency about Trump's order overhauling election operations |url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-executive-order-election-assistance-commission-voting-a765c507726cdf9ac314b28e4d13e473 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250501191906/https://apnews.com/article/trump-executive-order-election-assistance-commission-voting-a765c507726cdf9ac314b28e4d13e473 |archive-date=2025-05-01 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[Associated Press]] |language=en}}</ref>

Current members of the board of advisors of the [[Election Assistance Commission]] (as of March 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-28 |title=U.S. Election Assistance Commission Board of Advisors |url=https://www.eac.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/BOA_Roster_for_Website_032805_508.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250502100915/https://www.eac.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/BOA_Roster_for_Website_032805_508.pdf |archive-date=2025-05-02 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[Election Assistance Commission]]}}</ref> include [[J. Christian Adams]] (who previously sat on the [[Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-08-27 |title=Vote fraud crusader J. Christian Adams sparks outrage |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/vote-fraud-crusader-j-christian-adams-sparks-outrage-n796026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250226000009/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/vote-fraud-crusader-j-christian-adams-sparks-outrage-n796026 |archive-date=2025-02-26 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[NBC News]] |language=en}}</ref>), [[Hans von Spakovsky]] (a lawyer for the [[Heritage Foundation]] who has falsely alleged widespread voter fraud<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Spies |first1=Mike |last2=Pearson |first2=Jake |last3=Huseman |first3=Jessica |date=2020-09-15 |title=No Democrats Allowed: A Conservative Lawyer Holds Secret Voter Fraud Meetings With State Election Officials |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/no-democrats-allowed-a-conservative-lawyer-holds-secret-voter-fraud-meetings-with-state-election-officials |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250319022642/https://www.propublica.org/article/no-democrats-allowed-a-conservative-lawyer-holds-secret-voter-fraud-meetings-with-state-election-officials |archive-date=2025-03-19 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[ProPublica]] |language=en}}</ref>), and an attorney [[Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty]] (which attempted to purge over 200,000 voters from the voter rolls in Wisconsin prior to the 2020 election<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-12 |title=Voters flagged for deletion still live where list says they don't |url=https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/voters-flagged-for-deletion-still-live-where-list-says-they-dont |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241214005612/https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/voters-flagged-for-deletion-still-live-where-list-says-they-dont |archive-date=2024-12-14 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[WTMJ-TV|TMJ4 News]] |language=en}}</ref>). As of February 2025, Chris Wlaschin, the chief information security officer for [[Election Systems and Software]] is a member of the [[Technical Guidelines Development Committee]] as a technical advisor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TECHNICAL GUIDELINES DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (TGDC) MEMBER ROSTER |url=https://www.eac.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/TGDC_Member_Roster_2_24_2025_508.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250502105452/https://www.eac.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/TGDC_Member_Roster_2_24_2025_508.pdf |archive-date=2025-05-02 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[Election Assistance Commission]]}}</ref> He was previously the chief information security official at the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services]] during the first Trump administration.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Greene |first=Alison |date=2020-12-31 |title=Republicans Have a Friend in the Company That Counts Their Votes |url=https://www.dcreport.org/2020/12/31/ess-voting-systems-a-friend-to-republicans/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241115114120/https://www.dcreport.org/2020/12/31/ess-voting-systems-a-friend-to-republicans/ |archive-date=2024-11-15 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[David Cay Johnston#DCReport|DCReport.org]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

On March 31, two separate federal lawsuits challenging the order were filed by the Democratic Party (the [[Democratic National Committee]], [[Democratic Governors Association]], [[Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee]], [[Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee]], [[Chuck Schumer]] and [[Hakeem Jeffries]]) and two non-profits (the [[Campaign Legal Center]] and the State Democracy Defenders Fund),<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-31 |title=Nonprofit groups and Democrats sue Trump administration over election executive order |url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-executive-order-elections-voting-lawsuit-769caf1eceec29a13b4df78a931deb0b |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250424211912/https://apnews.com/article/trump-executive-order-elections-voting-lawsuit-769caf1eceec29a13b4df78a931deb0b |archive-date=2025-04-24 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[Associated Press]] |language=en}}</ref> arguing that it violated the [[Article One of the United States Constitution#Section 4: Congressional elections and sessions|Elections Clause]] of the [[Constitution of the United States|United States Constitution]].<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2025-04-24 |title=Judge halts parts of Trump's overhaul of US elections, including proof-of-citizenship requirement |url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-elections-executive-order-citizenship-lawsuit-4b683fe2e1106316fdb05621be9b7d0e |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250424182028/https://apnews.com/article/trump-elections-executive-order-citizenship-lawsuit-4b683fe2e1106316fdb05621be9b7d0e |archive-date=2025-04-24 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[Associated Press]] |language=en}}</ref> On April 24, a federal judge granted a [[preliminary injunction]] to block the proof-of-citizen requirement, but denied requests to block the mail-in ballot restrictions and state voter registration list cross-checks.<ref name=":6" /> Additional lawsuits were also filed against the order by 19 Democratic state attorneys general on April 3,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-03 |title=States sue to block Trump's election order, saying it violates the Constitution |url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-elections-executive-order-states-lawsuit-5790caa7d4d801c4053e73dfa50622e9 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250424224513/https://apnews.com/article/trump-elections-executive-order-states-lawsuit-5790caa7d4d801c4053e73dfa50622e9 |archive-date=2025-04-24 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[Associated Press]] |language=en}}</ref> as well as the states of Washington and Oregon on April 4.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-04 |title=Washington and Oregon sue over Trump elections order, saying mail voters could be disenfranchised |url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-elections-executive-order-oregon-washington-ff9a9cb29a8d886752437e56734df8b4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250424224513/https://apnews.com/article/trump-elections-executive-order-oregon-washington-ff9a9cb29a8d886752437e56734df8b4 |archive-date=2025-04-24 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[Associated Press]] |language=en}}</ref>

=== Targeting Democratic Party-associated organizations ===
{{See also|Government targeting of political opponents and civil society under the second Trump administration}}

==== Targeting ActBlue and Indivisible ====
On April 24, 2025, Trump signed an [[Presidential memorandum|executive memorandum]] that called for Pam Bondi to investigate [[ActBlue]], a fundraising platform for the Democratic Party, accusing the group of being used "to improperly influence American elections."<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=2025-04-24 |title=Trump takes executive action targeting ActBlue, the main Democratic fundraising platform |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-expected-sign-memo-targeting-act-blue-rcna202673 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250507044515/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-expected-sign-memo-targeting-act-blue-rcna202673 |archive-date=2025-05-07 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[NBC News]] |language=en}}</ref> ActBlue had previously been investigated by [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] in the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]], asking for evidence that the group blocked foreign donations and further accusing the group of allowing fraudulent activity.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Nguyen |first=Tina |date=2025-04-24 |title=Trump goes after websites that raise money for his enemies |url=https://www.theverge.com/politics/655939/trump-actblue-executive-order |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250502141047/https://www.theverge.com/politics/655939/trump-actblue-executive-order |archive-date=2025-05-02 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[The Verge]] |language=en-US}}</ref> However, this suspected fraudulent activity was identified by ActBlue itself, under typically very small amounts of money.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last1=Friedman |first1=Dan |last2=Choma |first2=Russ |date=2025-04-29 |title=Trump's attack on ActBlue's "dark money" was backed by dark money |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/trumps-attack-on-actblues-dark-money-was-backed-by-dark-money/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250505061444/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/trumps-attack-on-actblues-dark-money-was-backed-by-dark-money/ |archive-date=2025-05-05 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Elon Musk had also accused ActBlue of funding [[Tesla Takedown]] protests.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8" /> [[Mother Jones (magazine)|''Mother Jones'']] traced allegations of fraud on ActBlue to [[James O'Keefe]] in 2023, and then to the Fair Election Fund, a group that is funded by Musk. These claims then circulated among right-wing outlets and then were cited by state attorneys general and the congressional Republicans who investigated ActBlue.<ref name=":9" /> Political allies of Trump have threatened both ActBlue and the progressive movement [[Indivisible movement|Indivisible]] with prosecution.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-15 |title=Core Democratic groups are preparing to be targeted by the Trump administration |url=https://apnews.com/article/democrats-trump-actblue-indivisible-legal-threat-fbi-42f502bcb5888b12628629710c6eb21b |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250424025552/https://apnews.com/article/democrats-trump-actblue-indivisible-legal-threat-fbi-42f502bcb5888b12628629710c6eb21b |archive-date=2025-04-24 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[Associated Press]] |language=en}}</ref>

==== Targeting Democratic Party-associated law firms ====
{{See also|Targeting of law firms and lawyers under the second Trump administration}}
On March 6, 2025, Trump signed [[List of executive orders in the second presidency of Donald Trump|Executive Order 14230]], which revoked the security clearances of [[Perkins Coie]] employees due the law firm's practices of [[diversity, equity, and inclusion]]. The firm has a history of legal work with the Democratic Party and many of its campaigns. It had worked with [[Fusion GPS]], which commissioned the [[Steele dossier]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Waldenberg |first1=Samantha |last2=Polantz |first2=Katelyn |last3=Cole |first3=Devan |date=2025-03-07 |title=Trump signs order suspending security clearances for employees of Perkins Coie, citing DEI practices |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/politics/perkins-coie-trump-executive-order-dei/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250407141948/https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/politics/perkins-coie-trump-executive-order-dei/index.html |archive-date=2025-04-07 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[CNN]] |language=en}}</ref> The firm had also worked on cases involving voting rights.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=Sneed |first=Tierney |date=2025-05-02 |title=Judge permanently blocks Trump's executive order targeting Democratic-tied law firm Perkins Coie |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/politics/perkins-coie-trump-executive-order |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250503035651/https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/politics/perkins-coie-trump-executive-order |archive-date=2025-05-03 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[CNN]] |language=en}}</ref> The order was partially blocked by a federal judge on March 12,<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Polantz |first1=Katelyn |last2=Sneed |first2=Tierney |date=2025-03-12 |title=Judge temporarily blocks part of Trump's executive order against prominent Democratic Party-tied law firm Perkins Coie |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/politics/perkins-coie-trump-executive-order-challenge/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250504015831/https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/politics/perkins-coie-trump-executive-order-challenge/index.html |archive-date=2025-05-04 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[CNN]] |language=en}}</ref> who then ruled it unconstitutional on May 2.<ref name=":10" />

[[Elias Law Group]], run by Democratic election lawyer [[Marc Elias]] was named by a memo from the Trump administration on March 22, 2025, accusing Elias of [[election interference]] during the [[2016 United States presidential election]]. Elias had worked for the 2016 campaign of [[Hillary Clinton]] and had successfully challenged Trump's [[2020 United States presidential election#False claims of fraud|false claims of fraud during the 2020 United States presidential election]]. Elias responded, "Elias Law Group will not be deterred from fighting for democracy in court. There will be no negotiation with this [[White House]] about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring on their behalf."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rommen |first=Rebecca |title='No negotiation': A law firm targeted by Trump says it won't change who it represents |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/elias-law-group-trump-white-house-memo-lawsuits-2025-3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250427174700/https://www.businessinsider.com/elias-law-group-trump-white-house-memo-lawsuits-2025-3 |archive-date=2025-04-27 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[Business Insider]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Balevic |first1=Katie |last2=Dorman |first2=John L. |last3=Li |first3=Katherine |last4=Tangalakis-Lippert |first4=Katherine |last5=Shamsian |first5=Jacob |last6=Griffiths |first6=Brent D. |last7=Lee |first7=Lloyd |last8=Vlamis |first8=Kelsey |last9=Sehmbi |first9=Milan |title=Here's where all the firms in the Trump-Big Law fight stand |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-big-law-fight-firms-legal-dilemma-2025-3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250508131144/https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-big-law-fight-firms-legal-dilemma-2025-3 |archive-date=2025-05-08 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[Business Insider]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pelley |first=Scott |date=2025-05-04 |title=Trump presidential orders target law firms. Here's how some lawyers say that threatens the rule of law. |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-orders-target-law-firms-some-lawyers-say-that-threatens-rule-of-law-60-minutes-transcript/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250507071420/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-orders-target-law-firms-some-lawyers-say-that-threatens-rule-of-law-60-minutes-transcript/ |archive-date=2025-05-07 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[CBS News]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Interference by Elon Musk ===
{{See also|Republican Party efforts to disrupt the 2024 United States presidential election#Interference by Elon Musk|2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election|Political activities of Elon Musk}}
On Election Day 2024, Musk stated that he planned for [[America PAC]] to be involved in the [[2026 United States elections|2026 United States midterm elections]], "any intermediate elections, as well as [...] elections at the district attorney level."<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2024-11-06 |title=Elon Musk Reveals 2024 Is Just the Start of His Election Meddling |url=https://newrepublic.com/post/188045/elon-musk-2024-election-meddling-pac-plans |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241119085418/https://newrepublic.com/post/188045/elon-musk-2024-election-meddling-pac-plans |archive-date=2024-11-19 |access-date=2025-05-17 |magazine=[[The New Republic]] |issn=0028-6583}}</ref> In April 2025, ''Reuters'' reported that Musk was expected to fund Republican candidates during the midterm elections.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-28 |title=Insight: Musk lays groundwork for big donor role in midterm elections as time with DOGE ends |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/musk-lays-groundwork-big-donor-role-midterm-elections-time-with-doge-ends-2025-04-28/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250428101519/https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/musk-lays-groundwork-big-donor-role-midterm-elections-time-with-doge-ends-2025-04-28/ |archive-date=2025-04-28 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>

=== Proposed banning of ranked choice voting ===
{{See also|Ranked-choice voting in the United States#Bans on use}}
As of June 2024, ten Republican-leaning states have banned [[ranked-choice voting]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rosenbaum |first=Jason |date=2024-06-05 |title=Missouri joins other red states in trying to stamp out ranked choice voting |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/06/05/nx-s1-4969563/ranked-choice-voting-bans |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250515054357/https://www.npr.org/2024/06/05/nx-s1-4969563/ranked-choice-voting-bans |archive-date=2025-05-15 |access-date=2025-05-17 |work=[[NPR]] |language=en}}</ref> In April 2025, [[Nick Begich III|Nick Begich]] and [[Abraham Hamadeh]] introduced legislation to ban ranked-choice voting for federal elections.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-04-28 |title=H.R.3040 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Preventing Ranked Choice Corruption Act |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3040 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250430153730/https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3040 |archive-date=2025-04-30 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[United States Congress]]}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Cite web |date=2025-05-01 |title=Alaska's US Rep. Nick Begich co-sponsors bill to limit ranked choice voting |url=https://www.adn.com/politics/2025/04/30/alaskas-us-rep-nick-begich-co-sponsors-bill-to-limit-ranked-choice-voting/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250501022546/https://www.adn.com/politics/2025/04/30/alaskas-us-rep-nick-begich-co-sponsors-bill-to-limit-ranked-choice-voting/ |archive-date=2025-05-01 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[Anchorage Daily News]]}}</ref> Begich had previously won his election while ranked-choice voting was in effect in Alaska. The bill has been criticized for federal overreach.<ref name=":11" />

=== Threats against blue states ===
On February 20, 2025, at the [[Republican Governors Association]], Trump predicted that the Republican Party would do well during the 2026 midterm elections, stating that "I think the midterms will be a big surprise" and that "the [[Red states and blue states|red states]] are going to do good, and the [[Red states and blue states|blue states]], I don't know, maybe they'll totally disappear off that map."<ref>{{Citation |title=Pres. Trump Speaks at Republican Governors Dinner : CSPAN : February 20, 2025 7:32pm-8:14pm EST |date=2025-02-21 |url=https://archive.org/details/CSPAN_20250221_003200_Pres._Trump_Speaks_at_Republican_Governors_Dinner |access-date=2025-05-17 |others=[[C-SPAN]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-20 |title=Donald Trump says blue states may 'disappear off the map' when talking to Republican governors |url=https://www.waaytv.com/video/donald-trump-says-blue-states-may-disappear-off-the-map-when-talking-to-republican-governors/video_7143d022-24df-5851-8e72-1a711479beaf.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250503140132/https://www.waaytv.com/video/donald-trump-says-blue-states-may-disappear-off-the-map-when-talking-to-republican-governors/video_7143d022-24df-5851-8e72-1a711479beaf.html |archive-date=2025-05-03 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=[[WAAY-TV|WAAY 31 News]] |language=en}}</ref>

== State actions ==

=== Florida ===
In May 2025, Florida governor [[Ron DeSantis]] signed a law to restrict [[Popular initiative|citizens' initiatives]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-02 |title=DeSantis signs law creating new hurdles for Florida's citizens' initiative process |url=https://apnews.com/article/florida-citizens-ballot-initiative-constitutional-amendment-desantis-50a5ac0048825c0756c7b850d4b81fed |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250521205038/https://apnews.com/article/florida-citizens-ballot-initiative-constitutional-amendment-desantis-50a5ac0048825c0756c7b850d4b81fed |archive-date=2025-05-21 |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=[[Associated Press]] |language=en}}</ref> As of 2019, similar restrictions have been put into place in states controlled by Republicans, including Arkansas, Utah and Michigan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-22 |title=GOP lawmakers create hurdles for citizen ballot initiatives |url=https://apnews.com/article/7cc8d895068b4380a5fa1f6562b64fe1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250520194931/https://apnews.com/article/7cc8d895068b4380a5fa1f6562b64fe1 |archive-date=2025-05-20 |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=[[Associated Press]] |language=en}}</ref> The law in Florida was mostly upheld by a federal judge.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Matat |first=Stephany |date=2025-06-04 |title=Florida ballot initiative law mostly upheld by federal judge, but key part suspended |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/state/2025/06/04/ballot-initiative-crackdown-largely-survives-first-amendment-test/84036251007/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250614215056/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/state/2025/06/04/ballot-initiative-crackdown-largely-survives-first-amendment-test/84036251007/ |archive-date=2025-06-14 |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=[[USA Today]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== North Carolina ===
In April 2025, the [[North Carolina Court of Appeals]] issued an anonymous ruling that Republican [[North Carolina State Auditor]] [[Dave Boliek]] was allowed to control the [[North Carolina State Board of Elections]], removing power from the Democratic governor [[Josh Stein]]. This decision – which had only two sentences and did not include an explanation – would result in both the state and county boards of elections having a Republican majority. Stein speculated that this ruling was part of an attempt to overturn the [[2024 North Carolina Supreme Court election]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Doran |first=Will |date=2025-05-01 |title=NC elections board switches to GOP control after court ruling. Here's who's in charge now |url=https://www.wral.com/story/nc-elections-board-switches-to-gop-control-after-court-ruling-here-s-who-s-in-charge-now/21987283/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250502030241/https://www.wral.com/story/nc-elections-board-switches-to-gop-control-after-court-ruling-here-s-who-s-in-charge-now/21987283/ |archive-date=2025-05-02 |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=[[WRAL-TV]] |language=en}}</ref>

=== Ohio ===
In February 2025, [[Ohio Secretary of State]] [[Frank LaRose]] published an online portal of daily database snapshots of Ohio voter rolls. The president of the [[League of Women Voters]] in Ohio expressed concerns about voter privacy and that these snapshots may be used by conservative voting activist groups who have previously filed challenges in what she described as an attempt at voter suppression.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staver |first=Anna |date=2025-02-04 |title=Ohio’s voter history is easier to access — for good or bad |url=https://www.cleveland.com/news/2025/02/ohios-voter-data-is-easier-to-access-for-good-or-bad.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250210110238/https://www.cleveland.com/news/2025/02/ohios-voter-data-is-easier-to-access-for-good-or-bad.html |archive-date=2025-02-10 |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |language=en}}</ref>

In April 2025, the [[Ohio House of Representatives]] passed a budget bill that proposed replacing elections for [[Coroner|coroners]] with appointments by county boards of commissioners. Several Ohio coroners expressed concern that they were not previously consulted, that there was no debate, and that appointed coroners risked losing independence and becoming politicized.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mongillo |first=Meghan |date=2025-04-15 |title=Elected position in Ohio could soon be appointment; how this impacts local communities |url=https://local12.com/news/local/ohio-house-proposal-appoint-coroners-sparks-statewide-debate-coroner-elected-official-appointment-budget-controversy-funds-money-election-voters-voting-bill-commissioners-republican-democrat-gop-politics-political-issue-cincinnati |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250415203809/https://local12.com/news/local/ohio-house-proposal-appoint-coroners-sparks-statewide-debate-coroner-elected-official-appointment-budget-controversy-funds-money-election-voters-voting-bill-commissioners-republican-democrat-gop-politics-political-issue-cincinnati |archive-date=2025-04-15 |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=[[WKRC-TV]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-04-24 |title=Ohio coroners ‘shocked’ by lawmakers attempt to get rid of elections for the position |url=https://www.wdtn.com/news/ohio/ohio-coroners-shocked-by-lawmakers-attempt-to-get-rid-of-elections-for-the-position/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250424210709/https://www.wdtn.com/news/ohio/ohio-coroners-shocked-by-lawmakers-attempt-to-get-rid-of-elections-for-the-position/ |archive-date=2025-04-24 |access-date=2025-06-21 |work=[[WDTN]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Oklahoma ===
In May 2025, [[Ryan Walters (politician)|Ryan Walters]], the [[Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction]] announced a new policy for academic [[social studies]] in K-12 public schools to include [[False claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election|false claims of electoral fraud related to the 2020 United States presidential election]] as part of the curriculum. Walter had appointed [[Kevin Roberts (political strategist)|Kevin Roberts]] of the [[The Heritage Foundation|Heritage Foundation]] and [[Dennis Prager]] to revise these new standards.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-17 |title=New standards for Oklahoma high school students promote misinformation about the 2020 election |url=https://apnews.com/article/oklahoma-curriculum-2020-election-misinformation-bbc05b14c3d7a858014f6acefc326ec6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250522081343/https://apnews.com/article/oklahoma-curriculum-2020-election-misinformation-bbc05b14c3d7a858014f6acefc326ec6 |archive-date=2025-05-22 |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=[[Associated Press]] |language=en}}</ref>

=== Texas ===
In May 2025, Texas attorney general Ken Paxton charged six people with "vote harvesting", including a county executive, a county elections worker, a school board trustee, and two City Council members. In 2021, the [[Texas Legislature]] prohibited ballot collection in a large amount or in exchange for payment, deeming such practices as "vote harvesting services". The Republican Party historically has attempted to reduce the use of intermediaries for voting in elections, but others argued that some voters may need third parties to turn in their ballots. The League of United Latin American Citizens has criticized the charges as "voter suppression 101" and accused Paxton of targeting Hispanic and Democratic voters.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-07 |title=6 people are charged in a Texas elections investigation involving 'vote harvesting' |url=https://apnews.com/article/texas-vote-harvesting-fraud-charges-68dc2acb26a90356d7a3b5ee7396ae0e |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250508020016/https://apnews.com/article/texas-vote-harvesting-fraud-charges-68dc2acb26a90356d7a3b5ee7396ae0e |archive-date=2025-05-08 |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=[[Associated Press]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Crisp |first=Elizabeth |date=2025-05-07 |title=Texas attorney general announces vote fraud charges against 6 people |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/5288426-texas-officials-indicted-vote-harvesting/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250606044434/https://thehill.com/homenews/5288426-texas-officials-indicted-vote-harvesting/ |archive-date=2025-06-06 |access-date=2025-06-21 |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Efforts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election]]
* [[Republican efforts to restrict voting following the 2020 presidential election]]
* [[Republican Party efforts to disrupt the 2024 United States presidential election]]
* [[Project 2025]]
* [[Department of Government Efficiency]]
* [[2024 North Carolina Supreme Court election]]
* [[2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election]]

== References ==

{{reflist}}
[[Category:2024 United States presidential election]]
[[Category:Democratic backsliding in the United States]]
[[Category:Republican Party (United States)]]


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