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RandySF

(83,055 posts)
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 06:31 PM Friday

Read the draft emergency executive order for Trump to take control of elections

A draft executive order to declare a national emergency to allow President Donald Trump to take unprecedented control over voting is being circulated by anti-voting activists who have said they are in coordination with the White House.

A version of the order, dated April 12, 2025, has been circulating among anti-voting groups, and some progressive groups, since last year.

Peter Ticktin, a Trump ally and a leader of the effort, provided the April 12 version to Democracy Docket. It’s titled: “Establishing Security, Integrity, and Transparency for United States Elections with Protections Against Foreign Interference.”

A social media account affiliated with the Maryland chapter of the Election Integrity Network — the anti-voting coalition led by conservative lawyer and Trump ally Cleta Mitchell — originally posted the April 12 version last spring.



https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/exclusive-read-the-draft-executive-emergency-order-for-trump-to-take-control-of-elections/

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Read the draft emergency executive order for Trump to take control of elections (Original Post) RandySF Friday OP
Courts will stop him................. Lovie777 Friday #1
The courts will be playing catch up, they can't stop Trump. dem4decades Friday #3
Question is bamagal62 Friday #4
They seem to forget that there are local and state candidates on the same ballots. waterwatcher123 Friday #6
I don't think I can take reading it. hedda_foil Friday #2
Same. bamagal62 Friday #5

Lovie777

(22,580 posts)
1. Courts will stop him.................
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 06:34 PM
Friday

there is no emergency.

GQP deserves to lose across board because of shithole.

waterwatcher123

(503 posts)
6. They seem to forget that there are local and state candidates on the same ballots.
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 09:23 PM
Friday

This is a solution in search of a problem.

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