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Blue Cities, Counties in Red States Sue Trump Administration Over Election Grant Conditions

Major city and county governments are suing the Trump administration to claw back grant money withheld for their refusal to implement election security measures.

On Monday, the cities of Nashville, Tennessee, and Columbus, Ohio, along with Harris County and El Paso County in Texas, sued the Department of Homeland Security after the agency issued new grant requirements for cities and counties that included verification of voters’ citizenship and election audits.

The department said it would withhold 20% of Federal Emergency Management Agency grant money until the jurisdictions took the measures, saying at least 3% of their grant funding should be dedicated to election security. The measures also included a transition to hand-marked paper ballots and a reconciliation of the number of registered voters with the number of votes cast.

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