美国司法部民权司已向全美 50 个州及华盛顿特区发出警告信 [1]。信中要求州政府若明知非公民参与投票或保留在选民名册上仍予以允许，相关责任人可能面临刑事指控 [1]。联邦政府同时设定了五天的期限，要求各州告知其如何遵守相关法律规定 [1]。
与此同时，联邦紧急事务管理局（FEMA）发布反恐拨款公告，宣布将扣留高达 20% 的选举相关资金，直至各州满足特定要求 [1]。这些被扣留的资金原本计划用于防止恐怖主义及保障选举安全，总额超过 10 亿美元 [1]。FEMA 设定的合规条件包括验证选民和工作人员公民身份、以及提交从条码投票转为纸质选票的计划等 [1]。
此前，联邦政府试图干预各州选举管理的尝试屡遭法院驳回 [1]。司法部门曾收集佐治亚州 2020 年选举工作者信息的请求被法院拒绝 [1]。此外，强制新罕布什尔州和宾夕法尼亚州提供选民详细信息的努力也未能成功 [1]。在类似案件中，联邦政府已输掉超过 10 起诉讼 [1]。
The Biden-era Justice Department has sent letters to all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia warning that officials who knowingly allow non-citizens to vote or remain on voter rolls could face criminal charges [1]. Federal authorities have demanded that state governments inform them within five days how they intend to comply with these legal requirements [1]. Simultaneously, a new FEMA anti-terrorism funding announcement stipulates that 20% of election-related grants will be withheld until states meet specific conditions, including verifying the citizenship status of voters and staff, as well as submitting plans to transition from ballot-marking machines to paper ballots [1]. This initiative involves over $1 billion in federal funds designated for preventing terrorism and securing elections [1]. These actions follow a history where courts have repeatedly rejected federal attempts to intervene in state election management; the Justice Department has lost more than 10 such cases, including efforts to collect information on Georgia's 2020 election workers or force New Hampshire and Pennsylvania to provide detailed voter data [1].