Federal grants now hinge on screening state voter rolls
DHS conditions homeland security grant money on states phasing out electronic voting systems in favor of hand-marked paper ballots and running their full voter rolls through SAVE, the federal noncitizen-verification database. States that refuse lose 20% of the grant funds.
What happened
Most jurisdictions already offer hand-marked paper ballots and many states already use SAVE, but about 30% of voters live where elections rely entirely on ballot-marking devices or direct-recording systems. Georgia's Republican secretary of state has estimated the switch will cost his state $66 million.
Why it matters
Control over voter rolls, election officials and district lines can change who votes, how votes are counted and whether the result is accepted. It is tracked here under “Demand federal access to the voter rolls”; the classification describes the documented institutional risk, not a claim about motive.