Peter Ticktin Urges Trump to Declare Election Emergency
Ticktin says alleged foreign interference justifies emergency powers that could restrict mail-in voting, require hand counts and give Washington control over 2026 elections.
- Peter Ticktin, a longtime friend of President Donald Trump, is urging the President to declare a national emergency to seize federal control of the 2026 midterm elections through a 17-page draft executive order.
- The 80-year-old Florida lawyer, who attended New York Military Academy with Trump, has become a prominent figure in election denial circles by representing Tina Peters, a former Colorado county clerk convicted of tampering with election equipment.
- Legal experts, including Liza Goitein of the Brennan Center for Justice, identify "four immediately obvious problems" with Ticktin's proposal, noting the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize seizure of state-operated voting machines.
- President Trump publicly dismissed the proposal in February, stating, "Who told you that? No, I've never heard about it," while White House officials clarified Ticktin overstates his influence on policy.
- Despite a 2021 intelligence assessment finding no foreign power altered voting technical aspects, Ticktin continues to argue that foreign interference justifies emergency powers, asserting evidence will emerge from Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro's indictment.
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Peter Ticktin is a regular of conspiracy theories. He is now trying to convince the President of the United States to declare the national emergency for the mid-term elections. ...
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