How Trump Could Interfere in US Midterm Elections

Ahead of the US midterms, state election officials fear the Trump administration could disrupt voting, challenge ballot counts or try to block results unfavorable to Republicans. The Justice Department has sued 30 states and the District of Columbia for voter registration lists and sought to set aside some ballots in California and Washington; the Supreme Court rejected the California request. The department plans to deploy about 1,000 monitors across all 50 states, while officials also worry that federal warrants or seizures of ballots and voting machines could disrupt counting. The Constitution gives the president no direct role in running elections, and courts have so far rejected the administration’s main legal challenges.