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Trump Officials Explored Unnerving Plot to Ban All Voting Machines

White House adviser Kurt Olsen attempted to ban Dominion Voting Systems machines used in more than half of U. S. states and their territories by asking the Commerce Department to declare their components national security risks, according to Reuters reporting. The plan would have effectively remove...

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What happened Trump Officials Explored Unnerving Plot to Ban All Voting Machines.
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Raw StoryNews report · May 22, 8:55 PM

Trump's plan to ban voting machines collapses due to lack of evidence

White House adviser Kurt Olsen attempted to ban Dominion Voting Systems machines used in more than half of U. S. states and their territories by asking the Commerce Department to declare th...

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The New RepublicNews report · May 22, 1:19 PM

Trump Officials Explored Unnerving Plot to Ban All Voting Machines

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The Trump administration considered banning voting machines in over 50 percent of the country by deeming Dominion Voting Machine software—used in 27 mostly blue states—a national security r...

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HuffPostNews report · May 22, 11:49 AM

Trump Officials Tried To Ban Half Of U. S. Voting Machines, Citing Conspiracy Theories: Reuters

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The president's election-security czar asked whether the Commerce Department could declare the components in the machines as national-security risks.

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