Trump Admin Threatens To Pull Critical Federal Funds Unless States Adopt Election Integrity Measures
The Trump administration is threatening to withhold federal funds from states that do not adopt election integrity measures, including replacing electronic voting systems with hand-marked paper ballots. The administration is seeking to prevent election fraud at the state level by requiring states to run voter rolls through the Department of Homeland Security citizenship verification database. The move comes as efforts to federalize election integrity efforts have stalled in the Senate, with Republicans failing to make progress on the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements America Act.
- ▪The Trump administration is threatening to pull tens of millions of dollars in federal funds from states that do not comply with election integrity measures.
- ▪The administration is seeking to replace electronic voting systems with hand-marked paper ballots and require states to run voter rolls through the DHS citizenship verification database.
- ▪The Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements America Act has been sitting in the Senate since the House passed it in February.
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Politics Trump Admin Threatens To Pull Critical Federal Funds Unless States Adopt Election Integrity Measures (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images) Rebeka Zeljko National Correspondent June 22, 2026 11:50 AM ET June 22, 2026 11:50 AM ET Rebeka Zeljko National Correspondent Font Size: const observer = new MutationObserver((mutations) => { const adDivToHide = document.querySelector("#dailycaller_incontent_1"); if (adDivToHide && dc_noads_page) { adDivToHide.classList.add("hide-premium", "hide-free"); observer.disconnect(); console.log("Ad div found and hidden"); } }); observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true }); President Donald Trump is pressuring states to implement major election-integrity measures by threatening to withhold tens of millions of dollars in…
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