FEMA is now holding anti-terror cash hostage for election rules
The Trump administration decided that if cities want federal safety grants, they have to follow specific election mandates—and local officials aren't having it.
It turns out that FEMA is tired of just worrying about hurricanes and terrorism. Now, they want to weigh in on how your town runs its elections. The agency is tying a chunk of its security grant money to a list of new demands, like requiring hand-marked paper ballots and mandatory citizenship checks for everyone involved in the polling process.
Local governments in places like Nashville and Harris County are currently suing, calling this a massive federal power grab. They claim FEMA is basically holding their public safety money hostage to force through voting procedures that Congress never actually authorized. It’s hard to imagine how a disaster agency suddenly became the arbiter of local election reform.
This is a bold move to treat anti-terrorism funding like a bargaining chip in a partisan game of chicken.
Source: UPI
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