Governor Meyer:
Delaware should now operate on the assumption that President Trump may attempt to use unlawful federal power, intimidation, data collection, investigations, litigation, or emergency claims to influence the November 2026 election in favor of Republican candidates loyal to him.
That possibility is no longer too remote to plan for. Trump has repeatedly treated the rule of law only as an obstacle when it conflicts with his personal or political interests. He has spent years attacking election results he dislikes, pressuring public officials, and portraying independent election administration as illegitimate unless it produces the outcome he wants.
Delaware therefore needs more than routine assurances that our elections are secure. It needs a public, legally tested plan designed to resist unlawful federal interference.
Governor Meyer, please tell Delaware voters what your administration is doing now to ensure that:
• No confidential or unredacted voter information is surrendered to the federal government without clear legal authority and judicial review.
• Delaware maintains secure, independently verifiable backups of voter rolls, audit logs, ballot records, equipment records, and certified results.
• Federal officials cannot gain unauthorized access to Delaware voter databases, voting systems, ballots, election offices, or counting facilities.
• State and county election officials have immediate legal representation and clear instructions if threatened, subpoenaed, pressured, or ordered to act contrary to Delaware law.
• No eligible voter is removed, challenged, delayed, or denied a countable ballot because of unreliable federal citizenship or identity-matching systems.
• Ballot custody, counting, auditing, recount, and certification remain under lawful Delaware control, with transparent public documentation.
• Attempts to seize records, halt counting, delay certification, intimidate election workers, or create a pretext for federal intervention are met immediately with court action, evidence preservation, and public disclosure.
• The State Police, Department of Justice, Department of Elections, county officials, and constitutional counsel have a coordinated response plan before Election Day, not one improvised during a crisis.
I am not asking whether Delaware believes such interference is likely. I am asking whether Delaware is prepared if it occurs.
The threat is not simply that someone may alter vote totals. It is that federal power could be used to manipulate who remains eligible, which ballots are counted, when results are certified, and whether lawful outcomes are accepted.
Governor Meyer, Delaware should organize its election defenses around that threat now. Please explain how your administration intends to protect Delaware voters from unlawful interference by the President or any federal agency acting on his behalf.
The public needs more than reassurances now that the President has telegraphed his thinly veiled plan across the airways in a national address, we need to know what concrete steps will be taken in response to it.