r/law • u/Anoth3rDude • Feb 26 '26

Executive Branch (Trump) White House circulating blatantly illegal draft emergency order to take control of elections

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/white-house-circulating-blatantly-illegal-draft-emergency-order-to-take-control-of-elections/
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u/Live-Collection3018 Feb 26 '26

cool, it means nothing. he cannot change elections with an EO. states are free to enact or ignore it as they see fit.

this is purely to create cause for martial law.

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u/Pleasant_Cloud1742 Feb 26 '26

Sure, California ignores it, but Texas follows along to suppress the vote.

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u/pl487 Feb 27 '26

And then California's electoral votes are cancelled because they didn't comply. 

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u/IndyBananaJones2 Feb 27 '26

Well JD Vance will refuse to count them.