{"id":73455,"date":"2026-05-22T14:40:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/22\/exclusive-trump-officials-tried-to-ban-half-of-u-s-voting-machines-citing-conspiracy-theories-reuters\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T14:40:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:40:31","slug":"exclusive-trump-officials-tried-to-ban-half-of-u-s-voting-machines-citing-conspiracy-theories-reuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/22\/exclusive-trump-officials-tried-to-ban-half-of-u-s-voting-machines-citing-conspiracy-theories-reuters\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Trump officials tried to ban half of U.S. voting machines, citing conspiracy theories &#8211; Reuters"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiyAFBVV95cUxPNTRjVGgxQXVVX3pObHY4VjdBMG94allJSnVZdlVZUGhXVmYwV3ctdzhOWURrSkJYb0dmSjdjT0NCZUhMM29mQnlvdDdzR09XNEJSZEt4V3pVc1J2ME5CQm9KSHpYeW52WjFGUDNjRUVjaGoyOHNjaGp2NktvMFlwdDRPS2lvNFpubUU5S0N0LWw3OWJSLXExN0t3MndTbXh6NDY5NVRqdC1yU1p6dkVJWlQzZlp1cHZTbml1UG42V2FXNWRNN0RReA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Exclusive: Trump officials tried to ban half of U.S. voting machines, citing conspiracy theories<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxOZ0ttb3R4VFpQLVZ1aXk1bVBxMWx6WmlqeHF5ZTJvM09nb1ZRUDZEXy00TGtxeTJOaWVlSF9aTGVtalloVURqQkFsVFltRDBoT09jQUViSUhYMlZxRTVfdXhMdHFwano3enpKUVR3NHhXTUl6QlF0cENZbDFZbGFILVFYUzhISlRTLXJGS3ZXWFRLV2R3a3B1bHlEc3BXeGVMM2xmeUQzYW5KWjd6RzVuT3l4dmZ2UV9T?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Inside the failed MAGA push to hand-count every ballot<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Independent<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMibkFVX3lxTE4yQ3NVWWY3MFlMNmR0dlFMTFJYM3hiNGZyNGhLZVIzdWgtYXhDeTVhZmVNWElLc0wwV1V5MjY4Xzc5dlJWak5RZ09MRXVlRDRIZFp4U3pkdE9hRXFxUmpQZjl4TU95Ull4VzhlVTl3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Team\u2019s Unnerving Plot to Ban All Voting Machines Exposed<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New Republic<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxORVk5QndVTklZMTZaTnlPSmFDRVlaVUlNTExlSDVnU29KMXppTVlWdGFzMWx1YTRINXpLU2ZlMExmU09VOC10SEgtMVFkNFRzWVYtM1hwOERjX0tndUV2cldZSmJsbzNtdHJqLUpWX1o1dURlTUsxTEotRm90eXdMWXQ4b3MwOWpNZVJOQzE2Wml3WENqN2VVTg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Goon Kurt Olsen&#8217;s Crackpot Bid to Derail Election Exposed<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Daily Beast<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxQNzhxLXAzTVFQZDUyRVlBa0s1NDFmU2laVjJIREwwTG1HUWtzUHpSZjJSTURlRDZyRUIxeFZLaFo5eE5Ha2o4T2lWZ0NNLVhDT2txcTVnaHJXWUl5c01JaFY3TzRKNXVSV0Q0T3c2TUpJWW4yd2c4UkgxWFBia1NSTDVuY3BiM01lSVM4UlQ2bkx4cU95WTNqbWljQm5rZ0FUV09SZEx3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Voting System Overhaul Plan Dropped Over Lack of Evidence<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">StratNews Global<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive: Trump officials tried to ban half of U.S. voting machines, citing conspiracy theories&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters Inside the failed MAGA push to hand-count every ballot&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent Trump&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/22\/exclusive-trump-officials-tried-to-ban-half-of-u-s-voting-machines-citing-conspiracy-theories-reuters\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73455\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}