A federal judge on Sept. 28 said the U.S. government can’t withhold counterterrorism funding to compel municipalities to enact changes to election administration.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was illegally not providing funding for counterterrorism efforts to states and local governments unless they made five changes to elections, including using equipment that can process hand-marked paper ballots, conducting a manual audit of five percent of cast votes, and using a federal immigration database to verify that all registered voters are U.S. citizens, according to legal complaints.
“By denying states and localities funds for border security, cybersecurity, and counterterrorism programs, FEMA leaves those communities less safe—under the guise of enforcing Election Administration Conditions it has no authority to impose,” one of the suits stated….