"In our democracy, voters have to have the last word, and the 2026 midterm election is approaching. Our election system is facing something new, something it hasn't ever faced before. For the first time, the federal government itself is a threat to the integrity of elections. This is a big deal."

That's how Michael Walden, president and CEO of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, began a Tuesday video about his organization's new report, The Trump Administration's Campaign to Undermine the Next Election, which aims to "connect the dots" on a host of maneuvers by the White House.

In the report, Walden said, "we show the concerted strategy that appears to be unfolding to undermine the elections and make sure that people are not able to cast free and fair votes. Some of these are things you know about. Some of these are things that are a bit obscure. Some of these are things that haven't happened yet."

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