Will any states agree in July to Trump's voting restriction demands in order to get terrorism funds?
53% of users predicted YES — the community missed this one. 32 predictions cast.
No states agreed in July 2026 to the Trump administration's voting-restriction conditions attached to FEMA counterterrorism grant funding, resolving this question no. FEMA said it would withhold 20% of Homeland Security Grant Program funds, part of a $1.064 billion pool, unless states complied with new requirements including eliminating ballot-marking devices in favor of hand-marked paper ballots, committing to 5% manual post-election audits, and using DHS's SAVE database to check voter citizenship status.
Rather than comply, 24 states and Washington, D.C. filed a joint lawsuit on July 23 arguing the conditions were unlawful, and a federal judge in Rhode Island temporarily blocked the administration from cutting roughly $233 million in counterterrorism grants for Democratic-led states, including New York and Illinois. Separately, the administration reinstated $187 million in previously withheld counterterrorism funding for New York following public pressure. The community was closely divided, with 53% predicting states would comply, but the outcome went the other way, with litigation and a court injunction pausing the funding fight rather than any state acceding to the administration's terms during July.