States asked the Trump admin. to affirm they, not the Feds, run elections. They were met with silence

[RandySF]

Trump administration officials declined to affirm states’ authority to run elections during a private meeting with state election chiefs Wednesday, according to an election official who was on the call.

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) said she asked Heather Honey, a senior “election integrity” official in the Department of Homeland Security, and other top Trump administration officials about recent comments from President Donald Trump urging the federal government to “take over the voting.”

“When we asked about state sovereignty and whether they could make public statements reinforcing the state’s authority over elections, there was stunned silence,” Bellows told Democracy Docket.

Honey and an official from the U.S. Department of Justice instead told Bellows that they’d be happy to follow-up with her “one on one.”



https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/states-asked-the-trump-admin-to-affirm-they-not-the-feds-run-elections-they-were-met-with-silence/

[Cha]

1. And What did they expect from the PEDO

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Stealer of Elections

[Fiendish Thingy]

2. Other outlets are reporting this somewhat differently

Honey is quoted by California officials as saying there are no plans to deploy ICE agents to polling places in November.

[Quiet Em]

3. Bellows also confirmed officials saying that ICE agents will not be deployed

“Federal agencies told the states that ICE would not be deployed at polling places in the fall," Bellows told reporters after the virtual meeting. "That’s good news, because that’s federal law. That would be completely unlawful and unconstitutional should the answer be anything different.”

This is the concern

“Where we have concerns is when there are political statements about what the states should be doing and refusal by the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Justice to recognize the sovereignty of the states under the Constitution in administering the elections,” Bellows said.

https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/politics/maine-secretary-of-state-trump-administration-interfere-mid-term-elections-shenna-bellows/97-bbc44fc7-f5e5-4a46-a8af-91844d2c1a14

[Old Crank]

5. Does this administration have plans?

Or just acts?

[Cha]

4. PS... MIght be a good thing to get

on Record, though, that the States asked for Verification.

[JohnnyRingo]

6. They'll meet "one on one"....

That probably means the fed only wants to take over the voting in "certain states".

[Skittles]

7. whatever happened to STATES RIGHTS

FUCK THESE FASCISTS