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Trump’s armed goons frighten and are threatening to voters at official ballot drop boxes in Washington D.C.
National Guard threaten Washington D.C. voters
Trump’s armed goons frighten voters at official ballot drop boxes
By Lynda Carson - October 22, 2026
A recent photo shows that Trump’s armed National Guard goons have been posted to stand directly next to an official ballot drop box in Washington D.C. lately to intimate, and threaten the voters.
These are very grim times in the U.S.A., and it’s less than two weeks to go before November 3rd, as the convicted felon Trump regime is doing everything possible to sabotage, or buy the mid-term elections.
Reportedly on CNN, in a September 24, 2026 headline, it says, “Advisors urge Trump to declare national emergency, seize federal control of the midterms.” Reportedly, attorney Peter Ticktin, is one of Trump’s advisors pushing Trump to declare a national emergency. Additionally, Elon Musk is trying to buy the election. Yesterday, the Washington Post reported that “Musk-backed pacs have spent over $400 million on advertising.
That’s right. It is no surprise that the convicted felon President Donald J. Trump is trying to steal the mid-term elections by any means necessary, and is trying to frighten voters into not voting, unless they are his MAGA supporters. Additionally, Trump’s henchman, “Elon Musk” is trying to buy the elections.
In an effort to frighten voters, the convicted felon President Donald J. Trump has threatened to post armed National Guard troops near polling locations, and ballot drop boxes. In the past, Trump also urged the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) to post “cops” near polling locations, and ballot drop boxes to intimidate the voters.
Additionally, reportedly with Trump’s polling at new lows deep in the toilet, in an act of desperation, the FCC’s ‘Brendan Carr’, issues warning about ‘fake polls’, claiming broadcast networks could violate regulations by airing ‘fake polls’.
Reportedly, in Axios on October 20, 2026, in part it says, “New tensions are emerging over the National Guard in D.C. — troops near schools or ballot boxes — but the end of the deployment is nowhere in sight. Sightings of National Guard members near D.C. ballot drop boxes have raised concerns about potential voter intimidation, WTOP reports.”
Additionally, reportedly on October 9, 2026, NBC News in D.C., in part it says, “A photo of armed National Guard troops surrounding a D.C. ballot drop box triggered concern at the highest levels of D.C. government Friday. In the image, three National Guard members stand near what News4 verified is the election ballot drop box outside the GW-Foggy Bottom Metro station. One member stands directly in front of the drop slot.”
Reportedly, “Federal law states it is illegal to station “any troops or armed men at any place where a general or special election is held, unless such force be necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States.”
Additionally, reportedly, some legal experts argue the law — enacted in 1865 and codified in 1948 — should apply not only to traditional polling places but also to drop boxes.
“We are addressing the concerns with the National Guard directly and have requested that they impose limitations on the placement of National Guard service members near drop boxes and other voting locations in the District,” the D.C. Board of Elections said in a recent statement.
Reportedly, in the Guardian on September 1, 2026, in part it says, “The US homeland security secretary, Markwayne Mullin, on Tuesday said that federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers could be deployed to polling sites across the country.”
In an NPR, September 17, 2026 report, in part it says, “Fears grow that Trump could use military to influence the upcoming election. There is growing concern that President Trump may deploy U.S. military to polling places in the upcoming elections, despite strict state and federal laws against such a move.”
Trump is trying to bribe the voters, in addition to threatening them.
That’s right. The convicted felon President Trump is trying to bribe the voters by telling them that if they vote Republican, and the Republicans keep the House and the Senate after the mid-terms, Trump is claiming that he will pay adult American citizens $5,000 each, costing taxpayers over a trillion dollars. Additionally, Trump is also trying to buy the voters by pledging to send $90 checks to millions of seniors on Medicare, in addition to a $500 rebate to those insured by Obamacare. Trump has repeatedly tried to destroy Obamacare a.k.a. the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and is now using funds from Obamacare to bribe the voters.
Meanwhile, in Texas the voters are getting screwed. Reportedly, polling sites are being closed to keep people from voting, many ballot scanner jams are occurring, and theres been a backlog of tens of thousands of voter registration applications because of state errors.
Additionally, yesterday Axios reported that “Democrats accuse Trump of using prosecution threats to pressure election officials.” The Democrats have sued Trump for intimidating state election officials.
In Canada, only hours ago, reportedly in the CBC, a news headline says, “Canadians caught up in Trump voter fraud crackdown as U.S. accuses Canada of Election interference.” Additionally, according to the BBC, “US embassy accuses Canada of brushing off allegations of election interference.
Indeed. It was only yesterday, that NPR reported, “Top 2 Democrats on intel say they’re preparing for Trump to claim foreign meddling.”
According to an NPR October 21, 2026 report, “The Justice Department begins notifying counties where it want to monitor elections.” Meanwhile according to NBC News, “DOJ weighs litigation against more states.”
It appears that the convicted felon Trump regime will do whatever is necessary to steal the mid-term elections, as the nation is gearing up to do whatever it takes to stop the convicted felon President Donald J. Trump, and his treacherous brutal henchmen from stealing the elections in the mid-terms.
Meanwhile, according to the Guardian, “Rep. IIhan Omar says US agents seized 17 items in raid designed to freak her out.” She is on Trump’s enemy hit list, like many others who oppose the fascist convicted felon President Donald J. Trump.
Lynda Carson may be reached at newzland2 [at] gmail.com
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Trump’s armed goons frighten voters at official ballot drop boxes
By Lynda Carson - October 22, 2026
A recent photo shows that Trump’s armed National Guard goons have been posted to stand directly next to an official ballot drop box in Washington D.C. lately to intimate, and threaten the voters.
These are very grim times in the U.S.A., and it’s less than two weeks to go before November 3rd, as the convicted felon Trump regime is doing everything possible to sabotage, or buy the mid-term elections.
Reportedly on CNN, in a September 24, 2026 headline, it says, “Advisors urge Trump to declare national emergency, seize federal control of the midterms.” Reportedly, attorney Peter Ticktin, is one of Trump’s advisors pushing Trump to declare a national emergency. Additionally, Elon Musk is trying to buy the election. Yesterday, the Washington Post reported that “Musk-backed pacs have spent over $400 million on advertising.
That’s right. It is no surprise that the convicted felon President Donald J. Trump is trying to steal the mid-term elections by any means necessary, and is trying to frighten voters into not voting, unless they are his MAGA supporters. Additionally, Trump’s henchman, “Elon Musk” is trying to buy the elections.
In an effort to frighten voters, the convicted felon President Donald J. Trump has threatened to post armed National Guard troops near polling locations, and ballot drop boxes. In the past, Trump also urged the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) to post “cops” near polling locations, and ballot drop boxes to intimidate the voters.
Additionally, reportedly with Trump’s polling at new lows deep in the toilet, in an act of desperation, the FCC’s ‘Brendan Carr’, issues warning about ‘fake polls’, claiming broadcast networks could violate regulations by airing ‘fake polls’.
Reportedly, in Axios on October 20, 2026, in part it says, “New tensions are emerging over the National Guard in D.C. — troops near schools or ballot boxes — but the end of the deployment is nowhere in sight. Sightings of National Guard members near D.C. ballot drop boxes have raised concerns about potential voter intimidation, WTOP reports.”
Additionally, reportedly on October 9, 2026, NBC News in D.C., in part it says, “A photo of armed National Guard troops surrounding a D.C. ballot drop box triggered concern at the highest levels of D.C. government Friday. In the image, three National Guard members stand near what News4 verified is the election ballot drop box outside the GW-Foggy Bottom Metro station. One member stands directly in front of the drop slot.”
Reportedly, “Federal law states it is illegal to station “any troops or armed men at any place where a general or special election is held, unless such force be necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States.”
Additionally, reportedly, some legal experts argue the law — enacted in 1865 and codified in 1948 — should apply not only to traditional polling places but also to drop boxes.
“We are addressing the concerns with the National Guard directly and have requested that they impose limitations on the placement of National Guard service members near drop boxes and other voting locations in the District,” the D.C. Board of Elections said in a recent statement.
Reportedly, in the Guardian on September 1, 2026, in part it says, “The US homeland security secretary, Markwayne Mullin, on Tuesday said that federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers could be deployed to polling sites across the country.”
In an NPR, September 17, 2026 report, in part it says, “Fears grow that Trump could use military to influence the upcoming election. There is growing concern that President Trump may deploy U.S. military to polling places in the upcoming elections, despite strict state and federal laws against such a move.”
Trump is trying to bribe the voters, in addition to threatening them.
That’s right. The convicted felon President Trump is trying to bribe the voters by telling them that if they vote Republican, and the Republicans keep the House and the Senate after the mid-terms, Trump is claiming that he will pay adult American citizens $5,000 each, costing taxpayers over a trillion dollars. Additionally, Trump is also trying to buy the voters by pledging to send $90 checks to millions of seniors on Medicare, in addition to a $500 rebate to those insured by Obamacare. Trump has repeatedly tried to destroy Obamacare a.k.a. the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and is now using funds from Obamacare to bribe the voters.
Meanwhile, in Texas the voters are getting screwed. Reportedly, polling sites are being closed to keep people from voting, many ballot scanner jams are occurring, and theres been a backlog of tens of thousands of voter registration applications because of state errors.
Additionally, yesterday Axios reported that “Democrats accuse Trump of using prosecution threats to pressure election officials.” The Democrats have sued Trump for intimidating state election officials.
In Canada, only hours ago, reportedly in the CBC, a news headline says, “Canadians caught up in Trump voter fraud crackdown as U.S. accuses Canada of Election interference.” Additionally, according to the BBC, “US embassy accuses Canada of brushing off allegations of election interference.
Indeed. It was only yesterday, that NPR reported, “Top 2 Democrats on intel say they’re preparing for Trump to claim foreign meddling.”
According to an NPR October 21, 2026 report, “The Justice Department begins notifying counties where it want to monitor elections.” Meanwhile according to NBC News, “DOJ weighs litigation against more states.”
It appears that the convicted felon Trump regime will do whatever is necessary to steal the mid-term elections, as the nation is gearing up to do whatever it takes to stop the convicted felon President Donald J. Trump, and his treacherous brutal henchmen from stealing the elections in the mid-terms.
Meanwhile, according to the Guardian, “Rep. IIhan Omar says US agents seized 17 items in raid designed to freak her out.” She is on Trump’s enemy hit list, like many others who oppose the fascist convicted felon President Donald J. Trump.
Lynda Carson may be reached at newzland2 [at] gmail.com
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Update: Election Problems
See links and info below...
-Lynda Carson
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US Justice Department challenges Alaska Senate election process
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZjbmt0TXpZd1NoRUtEd2lacXF1Y0VoR1Y5VmQ3OHVqYWhTZ0FQAQ?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen
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Election Problems
https://news.google.com/search?q=election%20problems&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen
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Why Texas’ early voting numbers don’t match what counties are reporting
By Megan Kimble,Staff Writer Oct 23, 2026
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/early-voting-totals-22489478.php
Counties across Texas have reported record-breaking turnout during the first week of early voting, including tens of thousands of mail-in ballots. But as of Friday, the totals on the state’s election website didn’t match many of those being touted by local officials.
In Bexar County, for instance, only eight people voted by mail, according to the state’s site. In reality, according to Michele Carew, the county’s election administrator, nearly 18,000 people have cast ballots by mail.
“We do not leave this office until we report numbers to the state,” she said.
The state’s turnout data continues to lag significantly for many large urban counties, especially for mail-in ballots, an error that local election officials say is linked to the same flawed system that caused a massive backlog of voter registrations in recent weeks.
In person vote totals have also lagged. Election officials in Fort Bend County – one of the state’s most competitive districts – reported more than 75,000 ballots cast in person as of Friday morning while the state’s website shows just over 41,000.
Local election officials said they are still confident in the state’s election night reporting system, which functioned without any issues or delay in the March primary, but are frustrated the turnout numbers aren’t being accurately reported.
“It's not that we haven't entered the data, it's just not reflecting here,” said Kristin Miles, the election administrator in Bastrop County and the president of the Texas Association of County Election Officials, referring to the Secretary of State’s portal.
Local elections officials have said the problem lies with the state’s online voter system, Texas Election Administration Management (TEAM), which was was overhauled in July 2025.
In February, they wrote to Jane Nelson, then the Secretary of State, noting that “counties face daily challenges with TEAM’s core functionality.”
Earlier this month, election officials scrambled to update a backlog of hundreds of thousands of voter registrations that had languished due to a separate issue at the Department of Public Safety. The glitch-prone TEAM system made all those registrations harder to update, said Sam Taylor, public affairs director for the Texas Association of County Election Officials.
“There's a common denominator here and it's the rollout of the new TEAM system,” he said.
Leading up to the election, county officials were told they’d be able to input mail voter rolls in bulk. On Tuesday, Christina Adkins, the Secretary of State’s director of elections, sent an email to election administrators instructing them to manually enter mail voter data into the TEAM system, one by one.
“We have determined that with the [sic] functionality related to mail ballots is not ready for use in this election,” Adkins wrote. “We recognize the additional workload this places on counties.”
Entering ballots one-by-one is “extremely burdensome to counties,” Miles said. She said updating individual voter records can take from 30 seconds “on a good day” to upwards of 10 minutes each.
In Bastrop County, Miles said the TEAM system incorrectly recorded ballots received by mail this week or last as cast on Nov. 3. The county has had to update each record individually to reflect the date actually received.
“The state's saying, well, you need to go in and manually fix them,” she said. “And as a county election official, I'm saying, we don't have the time for that, right?”
Alicia Pierce, a spokeswoman for the Secretary of State, said on Thursday that counties are responsible for uploading their data into the state system and it isn’t unusual to see some delays from the previous day.
She said counties are supposed to have their data entered by 11 a.m. the next day, but some have been slower to get information in.
"This is the nature of trying to combine and report on 254 counties," Pierce said.
Pierce did not respond to a request for comment on Friday when asked about the specific TEAM issue flagged by county officials.
In interim hearings this summer, lawmakers grilled Adkins over the state’s handling of the TEAM overhaul, and in particular its oversight of Civix, the vendor selected to handle the state’s voter registration system.
“When I get half a dozen counties with their hair on fire … it means that the vendor is behind on actually delivering fixes to the system,” state Sen. Paul Bettencourt said at a June hearing. “And those fixes have to be done because if we go into a November election and we can't claim that we have integrity in the voter roll, we're gonna have questions.”
Carew said this week that she didn’t think the TEAM issue would impact election night, though she acknowledged that “it’s impacting voter confidence.” She noted that the county had a plan in place for reporting vote totals on Nov. 3.
Ben Wermund contributed reporting.
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See links and info below...
-Lynda Carson
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US Justice Department challenges Alaska Senate election process
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZjbmt0TXpZd1NoRUtEd2lacXF1Y0VoR1Y5VmQ3OHVqYWhTZ0FQAQ?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen
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Election Problems
https://news.google.com/search?q=election%20problems&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen
>>>>>>>
Why Texas’ early voting numbers don’t match what counties are reporting
By Megan Kimble,Staff Writer Oct 23, 2026
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/early-voting-totals-22489478.php
Counties across Texas have reported record-breaking turnout during the first week of early voting, including tens of thousands of mail-in ballots. But as of Friday, the totals on the state’s election website didn’t match many of those being touted by local officials.
In Bexar County, for instance, only eight people voted by mail, according to the state’s site. In reality, according to Michele Carew, the county’s election administrator, nearly 18,000 people have cast ballots by mail.
“We do not leave this office until we report numbers to the state,” she said.
The state’s turnout data continues to lag significantly for many large urban counties, especially for mail-in ballots, an error that local election officials say is linked to the same flawed system that caused a massive backlog of voter registrations in recent weeks.
In person vote totals have also lagged. Election officials in Fort Bend County – one of the state’s most competitive districts – reported more than 75,000 ballots cast in person as of Friday morning while the state’s website shows just over 41,000.
Local election officials said they are still confident in the state’s election night reporting system, which functioned without any issues or delay in the March primary, but are frustrated the turnout numbers aren’t being accurately reported.
“It's not that we haven't entered the data, it's just not reflecting here,” said Kristin Miles, the election administrator in Bastrop County and the president of the Texas Association of County Election Officials, referring to the Secretary of State’s portal.
Local elections officials have said the problem lies with the state’s online voter system, Texas Election Administration Management (TEAM), which was was overhauled in July 2025.
In February, they wrote to Jane Nelson, then the Secretary of State, noting that “counties face daily challenges with TEAM’s core functionality.”
Earlier this month, election officials scrambled to update a backlog of hundreds of thousands of voter registrations that had languished due to a separate issue at the Department of Public Safety. The glitch-prone TEAM system made all those registrations harder to update, said Sam Taylor, public affairs director for the Texas Association of County Election Officials.
“There's a common denominator here and it's the rollout of the new TEAM system,” he said.
Leading up to the election, county officials were told they’d be able to input mail voter rolls in bulk. On Tuesday, Christina Adkins, the Secretary of State’s director of elections, sent an email to election administrators instructing them to manually enter mail voter data into the TEAM system, one by one.
“We have determined that with the [sic] functionality related to mail ballots is not ready for use in this election,” Adkins wrote. “We recognize the additional workload this places on counties.”
Entering ballots one-by-one is “extremely burdensome to counties,” Miles said. She said updating individual voter records can take from 30 seconds “on a good day” to upwards of 10 minutes each.
In Bastrop County, Miles said the TEAM system incorrectly recorded ballots received by mail this week or last as cast on Nov. 3. The county has had to update each record individually to reflect the date actually received.
“The state's saying, well, you need to go in and manually fix them,” she said. “And as a county election official, I'm saying, we don't have the time for that, right?”
Alicia Pierce, a spokeswoman for the Secretary of State, said on Thursday that counties are responsible for uploading their data into the state system and it isn’t unusual to see some delays from the previous day.
She said counties are supposed to have their data entered by 11 a.m. the next day, but some have been slower to get information in.
"This is the nature of trying to combine and report on 254 counties," Pierce said.
Pierce did not respond to a request for comment on Friday when asked about the specific TEAM issue flagged by county officials.
In interim hearings this summer, lawmakers grilled Adkins over the state’s handling of the TEAM overhaul, and in particular its oversight of Civix, the vendor selected to handle the state’s voter registration system.
“When I get half a dozen counties with their hair on fire … it means that the vendor is behind on actually delivering fixes to the system,” state Sen. Paul Bettencourt said at a June hearing. “And those fixes have to be done because if we go into a November election and we can't claim that we have integrity in the voter roll, we're gonna have questions.”
Carew said this week that she didn’t think the TEAM issue would impact election night, though she acknowledged that “it’s impacting voter confidence.” She noted that the county had a plan in place for reporting vote totals on Nov. 3.
Ben Wermund contributed reporting.
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Update: More election news...
See links below...
-Lynda Carson
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Ballot Rejections Soared in Rural Counties After USPS Reduced Mail Service
October 22, 2026
https://www.propublica.org/article/mail-ballot-delays-postal-service-midterms
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Election Monitors
https://news.google.com/search?for=election+monitors&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen
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National Guard, ballot drop boxes
https://news.google.com/search?q=National%20Guard%2C%20ballot%20drop%20boxes&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen
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See links below...
-Lynda Carson
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Ballot Rejections Soared in Rural Counties After USPS Reduced Mail Service
October 22, 2026
https://www.propublica.org/article/mail-ballot-delays-postal-service-midterms
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Election Monitors
https://news.google.com/search?for=election+monitors&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen
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National Guard, ballot drop boxes
https://news.google.com/search?q=National%20Guard%2C%20ballot%20drop%20boxes&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen
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