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States that work with President Trump to clean up their voter rolls can get more taxpayer money to help do it, but those that refuse could face fines and penalties and, if they ignore evidence of noncitizens on their lists, the administration is threatening \u201cprison time\u201d for their leaders.<\/p>\n

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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin delivered the carrot and stick on Friday, a day after Mr. Trump proclaimed the country\u2019s voting systems \u201cshockingly\u201d derelict.<\/p>\n

Mr. Mullin said some states\u2019 voting machines are vulnerable to manipulation by foreign enemies, and the states must work to patch their systems.<\/p>\n

He said his department\u2019s cybersecurity agency will release guidance to help the states later this summer and will condition future election grants on states making the fixes.<\/p>\n

He also told states to work with DHS to scrub their voter lists to delete names of dead voters and noncitizens.<\/p>\n

For states that don\u2019t cooperate, he said his department will try to review the public data and spot bogus names on their lists \u2014 and it will review their records after the election to see what happened.<\/p>\n\n

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\u201cWe will go through those records one by one, and we will pursue everybody,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n

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He said penalties to the states could include financial penalties or \u201ceven, depending on how far it goes, prison time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like Mr. Trump before him, Mr. Mullin said the goal isn\u2019t to rehash the 2020 election or scare voters, but to build confidence in voting moving forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not trying to change the outcome; we\u2019re trying to make sure the American people can trust our voting system,\u201d the secretary said.<\/p>\n

On the threat to voting machines, Mr. Mullin said the government has proof that foreign adversaries have ways of accessing U.S. systems.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that they can change voter registration and your vote,\u201d he said. \u201cWe know it\u2019s possible. It\u2019s not a question. It\u2019s not even for debate.\u201d<\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t say more about the specific threat, but the White House posted a declassified U.S. intelligence analysis on Thursday reporting that Venezuela\u2019s former Maduro regime sought to develop the capability to adjust the vote counts on voting machines so that wrong results were reported back to central election officials.<\/p>\n

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