democrats elections crisis planning trump ICE midterms.

FILE - Signs welcomes voters Nov. 4, 2025, in Del Mar, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Immigration raids, election office search stir midterm concerns for Democratic election officials

Aggressive immigration enforcement in Minnesota, which resulted in the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens by federal agents, and this week’s FBI search of an election office in Georgia have Democratic election officials concerned about what could be in store for this fall’s midterm elections. During an annual gathering of state election officials on Thursday, several Democratic secretaries of state said they had begun planning for a range of ways the Trump administration might seek to interfere with voting or how they run elections. That could include putting immigration agents near polling places or attempting to seize voting equipment, they said. The White House did not immediately return a request for comment.

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