Link: https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/white-house-circulating-blatantly-illegal-draft-emergency-order-to-take-control-of-elections/

A draft emergency 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 said they are in coordination with the White House.

Voting rights experts, democracy advocates, and at least one state election chief said Trump doesn’t have the authority to claim such powers — and any attempt would be blatantly unconstitutional.

The draft order — which is said to be based on a conspiracy theory that China interfered with the 2020 election — would allow Trump to unilaterally ban mail-in ballots and voting machines on the basis that they are susceptible to foreign interference.

The order comes from MAGA activists who have been coordinating with the White House. One of the advocates for the order is Peter Ticktin, the attorney for Tina Peters, the former GOP Colorado county clerk who is currently serving a nine-year state prison sentence for her role in a 2021 voting system breach, in an attempt to find voter fraud based on election conspiracies.

The Elections Clause of the U.S. Constitution explicitly gives states — not the president — sole authority over elections.

One and the same

Before legislation is passed, it is often drafted by people outside of Congress, and outside of the White House. Corporate lobbyists, for example.

I hope America recognises that the stakes are too high to be dismissive of this. Even if it goes nowhere the first time, or the tenth, becoming complacent would be a huge mistake.

As a Constitution Loving QAnon believer who HATES Pedophiles AND Corruption I APPLAUD the President, who Raped Children with Jeffrey Epstein, taking UNCONSTITUTIONAL Control of Elections!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/26/trump-elections-executive-order-activists/

Activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a draft executive order that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.

Exactly how he was installed as tyrant in the first place.

Let's not muddy the waters. They are circulating it within the White House, it says so right in the article.

Good point. Issue isn’t with him taking over blue states. It’ll be with him doing this in red states preventing representation of for blue districts. We’ll see Atlanta with 0 democrats elected.

That "blatantly illegal" part should be a key part of every headline dealing with this anti-American treachery.

If American voters could read, they would be upset!

It really is anticlimactic.

We get an honest to god pedo cabal, and a federal powergrab, and the response from factions who dedicated entire lives to warning, as loud as they can shout, about these two exact things is...

"Meh?"

Meanwhile, it seems the world is chanting for the Clintons to burn at the stake; the opposite of what they expected?

I would be so confused if I was QAnon.

the world

I know it may feel that way, but I assure you, the rest of the world is watching the US right now like this:

The Elections Clause of the U.S. Constitution explicitly gives states — not the president — sole authority over elections.

For this very fucking reason.

Certainly THIS illegal act will be the one that makes the justice wake up, and not just another one swept under the rug because "akshually, the president cannot do crime" - as per SCOTUS

The 6 corrupt Supreme Court justices have shown that waving a copy of the Constitution lightly over their rulings is close enough for them. They've made it very clear that states have no real authority over elections by forcing them to include Trump on their ballots after he clearly incited an insurrection.

Our laws and Constitution are meaningless with this Supreme Court.

Certainly THIS illegal act will be the one that makes the justice wake up

Or the American people.

The Constitution is as strong as the paper it’s written on.

As OP stated. SCOTUS is captured by a complicit majority that wants a right wing theocracy.

This is my hard limit of taking up arms. IDK about you guys but I think bypassing an election to steal a third or more terms is blatant tyranny and should kick off a revolution.

Thanks for reminding us.

Even still, Noem literally stated, on mic, on camera to the nation, that ICE would be at the polls ensuring the "right people" vote for the "right leaders". Believe your enemy when they're dumb enough to tell you their plan.

This is one of those times I would support another country kidnapping a president just like our government has done...

Freedom of speech is basically not even a thing any more, the chance that someone shows up to my door for saying this is not 0 like it should be.

Its crazy, what these people are allowed to get away with and the fact that the democrats are not saying so every day as loud as they can just like these fools have done constantly in the past... says a lot about the whole situation.

Its frustrating beyond belief and it always seems to be getting worse.

anti-voting activists

Fascists. Call them by their name.

"Activists who say"

What does the White House say?

Only Magats believe anything that comes out of this White House.

Ok, but are there any other sources corroborating this besides "Florida attorney claims"?

Seriously though, if this doesn't get a lot of people up in arms, nothing will improve for generations. If people accept tyranny, they will continue to get tyranny. Simple as.

Congress does nothing, as usual.

“Anti-voting activists”. How absurd

Funny, because anti-voting activists seems to describe a good chunk of the db0 community these days.

Then again, maybe it's more fitting than ironic after all.

If we wanna be technical, there’s nothing to do. They can saber rattle, but until the executive order is signed, there’s not really much to do. It’s already illegal, so working towards making it illegal is silly.

There’s also the fact that even if he signed it, congress wouldn’t really play a part in what comes next. It would get struck down by the courts, make its way to the Supreme Court, and then who the fuck knows.

Now, do I think the republican majority congress would actually stop it if given the choice? Not likely.

So who intervenes when he physically tries to control the election processes in states? Who certifies the election results, JD Vance?

He can just claim any state election is fraudulent because they didn't do what he said, reject the results in any state the gop didn't win enough and argue the GOP reps can stay in power until an election happens the way he wants, all while claiming the gop definitely won a majority, with no proof. He will not admit to the loss of control of congress and will not leave the white house peacefully if he's impeached.

Americans had better get ready for a violent transfer of power. MAGA will believe dems stole the election this time and they won't sit by and let government function, Trump will still be president while all this happens and use that authority to incite insurrection against the constitution.

here in italy there was a referendum about increasing workers' rights but all the right wingers siad that voitng is for communists who eat babies and that if you vote you vote you want the shadow elite governmetn to eradicate all the italian culture to replace it with a muslim califfate and remove the existencve of christianity from the history of humanity, but now that we're about to vote for the government-supported judiciary reform that will give the governmetn direcet control over the election of the judges, all right wingers are rushing to vote

Many states have the power to maintain state guards. This is a military force that cannot be federalized.

They could pass a law making it clear that there is no emergency power that would allow the President to interfere with elections.

The President would veto the law.

Congress could then overturn the veto

All it takes is the guardsmen or the chain of command doing what Trump says. Laws don't matter right now. What people choose to do does.

Sure. In a year.

The things media outlets will come up with to not say "fascist"...

“Anti-voting activists”?
You mean Nazis?

that will give the governmetn direcet control over the election of the judges

Weird, in Belgium a similar law was struck down by the constitutional court the other day. Hearing this from Italy, I can't help but think this is being orchestrated on a higher level.

Pedophiles rampant in government, the neo-sturmabteilung roaming the streets, but capturing the election will rouse the masses? Label me skeptical.

Unless the army says no there is no mechanism for stopping them. As you said laws don't matter. I feel they already won.

USAmericans are living in turmoil, struggling to makes ends meet; We see headlines like this, and then we see our representatives—Democrat representatives—sit around. I'm aware this order is illegal, and maybe it would be "pointless" to reiterate that; but maybe it wouldn't. Maybe restating the president can't take control of elections would actually persuade enough of the Supreme Court to tell Trump to ask Congress. Maybe a few defectors would join Democrats in refusing to give Trump that control. What else are our representatives going to be doing? Attending lobbyist parties?

This is why so many USA folks are bitter and jaded about our nation, the Democratic Party, and voting in general. We have seen resistance efforts against ICE, especially now in Minneapolis and St. Paul. We've seen lawyers and civil rights activists assemble to assist marginalized groups. Soup kitchens and food pantries continue to get essential support, even during this economic recession. During the shutdown, while SNAP benefits were illegally withheld, even restaurants were offering free meals to SNAP recipients. And not one bit of this was thanks to the so-called opposition party. People with local businesses or full-time jobs—people with family members to care for—are taking on this effort; and the vast majority of the folks making $174,000 a year in their political representative job aren't involved beyond showing up to their cushy office, walking into the chamber, and pressing the "No" button that they know won't stop anything. Then, when that vote would have power, they give the All-Clear to the fascists...all three times now.

Not one member of the Senate even requested the "Big Beautiful Bill" be read out in full—a procedure which likely would have delayed the bill by months. Introducing the bill by name alone requires unanimous consent; and Republicans got it. Again and again we watch as limp-spined Democrats follow their geriatric delulu leader Schumer, and their followers yell at everyone who criticizes them—pro-Palestine protestors; Newsom critics; those calling for resistance—It's agonizing.

Anti-voting activists<=> fascists/nazis

Young women<=> children

Alternate facts<=> lies

We HAVE to keep calling out media for spreading misinformation.

Doesn't really matter. They have plenty of options. Here some options based on what we know already.
Influencing elections trough social media. Mercer and Bannon were succesful through facebook to make brexit a thing. Now, with the technological advancements and all the DOGE data this is very realistic.
Or going to war with Canada right before the elections.
Or, in 1 year or so, ICE ($85 billion budget) will be fully staffed. They'll be operational to fulfill their true militia role.
They stormed the Capitol, jfc. Those goons are ICE now.
We can be sure of 1 thing. Either way, power will not be handed over.

Heavily armed ICE agents to be stationed at all polling places "to prevent illegal immigrants voting".

Calling it now.

Fascists. Not necessarily nazis. Fascists come in many flavors of assholes.

If Trump successfully fixes this election...

A lot of Americans wouldn't only tolerate Trump fixing the election, they'd support it. Celebrate it, even.

Much of the rest of America doesn't fully appreciate the threat. Many are just oblivious, but others are complacently holding on to their faith in our legal and political institutions. They believe in our system, and they believe it will ultimately hold up against the threat of a fascist takeover. I hope they're right, but I don't share their conviction. I think our institutions are far more vulnerable than many of them realize. Frankly, I think they're unwavering devotion borders on hubris.

And my concerns about the integrity of our system are not baseless. I have seen our systems tested multiple times over the past few decades, essentially my entire adult life, and I would say the resiliency of our system has been... mixed, at best.

Or going to war with Canada right before the elections

Mexico. They're stirring shit in Mexico right now. had a cartel guy killed, shut down the air space near the border for drone and strikes about a week ago, and are and running a psyop about whats really happening in the us right now.