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The federal government is flexing its muscle over state election officials, threatening to withhold funding and even jail time for those who don’t comply with new rules requiring states to use a federal database to purge non-citizens from voter rolls. Triggered by Trump’s claim of 278,000 non-citizens on the rolls, the push has hit roadblocks: experts say the data is unreliable, risking the removal of eligible voters, while states argue federal overreach and privacy violations. Plus, most states don’t rely heavily on federal election funds, and courts have already blocked some data-sharing efforts, highlighting a brewing legal and political showdown over voter integrity and state sovereignty.

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