Administration Explores Linking Federal Grants to State Election Security; Federal Website Tracking Raises Privacy Concerns

The Trump administration is reportedly considering a strategy to tie federal grant funding to states' adoption of specific election security measures, such as hand-counting ballots and using the SAVE database for voter verification. This initiative aims to align funding with national security priorities for election infrastructure. Concurrently, questions have arisen over visitor-tracking software on federal websites, including a White House-associated site, prompting privacy concerns regarding potential access to voter registration data.