Five Democratic-led states have enacted new laws to shield November's midterm elections from potential federal interference.
Sponsors of the state laws say they are responding to President Donald Trump’s continued rhetoric about fraud in voting and the administration’s increasingly aggressive moves to reshape how voting is conducted.
Legal experts say states may be on firmer ground when laws regulate their own election officials rather than federal actions.
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Democratic-led states are racing to safeguard November’s midterm elections against potential interference from the Trump administration and its allies, passing new laws that restrict the presence of law enforcement at polling places or seek to thwart the federal government’s efforts to obtain sensitive election material.
