Anxiety is growing Trump may try to disrupt the midterm elections. States are prepping.

By: Jonathan Shorman

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: October 2, 2026

Words: 1,765

Last Updated: 5 hours, 3 minutes ago

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When Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin declared in September that Immigration and Customs Enforcement could serve warrants on individuals at polling places this fall, officials in Denver, a liberal city where roughly 14% of residents are foreign-born, quickly sued.

“Every day we find new things to be astonished about but I think that we just want residents to not be afraid to vote because that’s ultimately what the president was after,” Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, a …

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