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Judge Blocks FEMA From Tying Antiterrorism Grants to Election Changes
Original: Judge Blocks FEMA From Tying Antiterrorism Grants to Election Changes https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/climate/fema-gr
A federal judge has blocked the Federal Emergency Management Agency from conditioning antiterrorism grants on changes to election practices. The ruling stops the agency from using homeland security funding as leverage over how states run their elections, a move critics said would blur the line between disaster and security funding and election administration. The decision is likely to be appealed and fuels ongoing legal fights over federal conditions on state election rules.
Why now: The ruling lands amid intense national debate over federal pressure on state election administration.
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