Elections and Voting Rules

President Donald Trump is traveling to battleground Georgia on Thursday for what the White House bills as an economy-focused speech aimed at boosting Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterms, even as he continues to push false claims that Democrats stole the 2020 election in the state. The visit will be to a congressional district formerly represented by Marjorie Taylor Greene, who resigned in January, where a March 10 special election is looming and Republicans are looking to shore up support amid backlash to Minneapolis deportation raids and broader ICE tactics. Trump is arriving less than a month after federal agents seized ballots and voting records from heavily Democratic Fulton County, a move that has fueled speculation about whether Georgia’s Trump-aligned State Election Board might use a 2021 law to take over administration of elections there. At a White House Black History Month reception Wednesday, Trump again falsely claimed, “We won by millions of votes but they cheated,” contradicting audits, courts, and his own former attorney general, and aides say he is “exploring his options” for an executive order on supposed voter fraud. Before flying to Georgia, Trump plans to convene representatives from more than two dozen countries in his self-styled 'Board of Peace,' underscoring how he is mixing foreign-policy branding, election denialism and economic talking points as Republicans search for a midterm message. The trip comes as former ally Marjorie Taylor Greene attacks GOP leaders over soaring health-insurance costs, highlighting internal Republican divisions over how to sell Trump’s record on affordability.