Trump Action Archive

Supporting reports

• California appeals court rules Huntington Beach photo ID requirement unlawful and preempted by state law — In November 2025, a California appeals court ruled that Huntington Beach's photo ID voting requirement was unlawful and preempted by state law. The court sided with California's argument that voting rights and election rules are matters of statewide concern and that local governments cannot impose voting restrictions that conflict with state law. The California Supreme Court later declined to hear the city's appeal, leaving the ruling in place.
• Cochise County, Arizona Republican supervisors attempted full hand count audit of early ballots in 2022 — In 2022, Cochise County, Arizona Republican supervisors attempted to launch a full hand count audit of early ballots, despite warnings from state and county officials. A judge blocked the plan, and an Arizona appeals court later affirmed that the county could not conduct a full hand count of all early ballots. After losing the hand count fight, county supervisors also delayed certification of the 2022 election results before complying with a court order.
• U.S. Department of Justice sued Thornapple, Wisconsin over removal of accessible voting machines — The U.S. Department of Justice, under President Joe Biden, sued Thornapple, Wisconsin after the town stopped using accessible voting machines. The DOJ argued that the move violated the Help America Vote Act, a federal law requiring polling places to give voters with disabilities the same opportunity to vote privately and independently as other voters. The town eventually agreed to bring accessible machines back.
• Huntington Beach, California passed local photo ID voting requirement for municipal elections in 2024 — In 2024, Huntington Beach voters approved Measure 1, a local charter amendment that would have required voters to show photo ID at the polls for municipal elections beginning in 2026. The measure became a test case for whether a charter city could impose voting restrictions that state law does not permit. California argued that voting rights and election rules are matters of statewide concern and that local governments cannot create conflicting rules.
• Luzerne County, Pennsylvania county manager removed all ballot drop boxes ahead of 2024 election — In 2024, the Luzerne County manager moved to remove all ballot drop boxes ahead of the election, citing security concerns. The decision came after the county board of elections had already approved using the drop boxes. Voting rights groups sued, arguing that the manager lacked authority to override the board's decision. The drop boxes were later restored following legal action.
• North Carolina Republican-controlled county election boards advance plans to cut early voting locations — Ahead of the 2026 primary, Republican-controlled county election boards in North Carolina advanced plans to cut early voting locations, remove campus polling places, and eliminate Sunday voting in several counties. In Guilford County, local Republicans targeted early voting sites at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and North Carolina A&T State University, the nation's largest historically Black university. In Jackson County, Republican board members moved to remove a longstanding early voting site at Western Carolina University. The Republican-controlled state election board later rejected campus voting sites in those counties and cut Sunday voting in others.
• Nye County, Nevada county officials moved to count ballots by hand after fraud claims — Nye County, Nevada officials moved to count ballots by hand after false claims about widespread fraud fueled distrust of voting machines. The Nevada Supreme Court limited parts of the plan before the 2022 midterms, the secretary of state's office halted the count after a legal challenge, and the county ultimately used machines as its primary vote-counting method while running a parallel hand count.
• Otero County, New Mexico Republican commissioners refused to certify 2022 primary results — In Otero County, New Mexico, Republican commissioners refused to certify 2022 primary election results, claiming they did not trust the county's vote tabulators despite offering no evidence of problems. The commission also voted to discontinue secured drop boxes and state voting machines, even after being told it lacked legal authority to do so.
• Wausau, Wisconsin mayor removed city's ballot drop box in September 2024 — In September 2024, Wausau Mayor Doug Diny removed the city's only ballot drop box from outside City Hall, posing for photos in a hard hat and work gloves as he removed it. The box was later returned, and the city's ethics board found that Diny violated Wausau's ethics policy. Prosecutors declined to charge him criminally.