{"id":438,"date":"2026-06-12T16:37:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=438"},"modified":"2026-06-12T16:37:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:37:57","slug":"fbi-raids-ohio-voting-rights-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=438","title":{"rendered":"FBI Raids Ohio Voting Rights Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- begin partial\/series-card --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><i><span>Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with <\/span><\/i><i><span>a donation<\/span><\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=436\">Critics View Trump\u2019s New DNI Pick Jay Clayton as Unqualified, Picked for Loyalty<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A voting rights organization in Ohio is accusing the federal government of waging a large-scale intimidation campaign after the group was raided by the FBI on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><em>MS NOW<\/em> reported on late Thursday that FBI agents searched the Cleveland offices of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, an organization that helps register voters.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to raiding the group\u2019s offices, sources tell <em>MS NOW<\/em> that \u201cagents also fanned out across the state, showing up at the homes of the group\u2019s leaders and staff members, carrying some subpoenas and seeking information and electronic devices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>MS NOW<\/em>\u2019s sources also expressed concern that the raid was not a legitimate law enforcement operation but \u201cpart of the Trump administration\u2019s efforts to sow doubt and distrust in voting integrity in key swing states ahead of the midterm elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <em>MS NOW<\/em>, Ohio Organizing Collaborative board member Prentiss Haney accused the feds of using \u201cstraight-up intimidation tactics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey had agents all across the state going to civil rights leaders and community leaders\u2019 doors intimidating them, coming and demanding that they talk about literally anything they would ask,\u201d said Haney, who added that agents asked leaders \u201cif they\u2019re committing voter fraud, just on their doors, in front of their houses with their children, and just following them to work and school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a separate interview with local public radio station <em>WVXU<\/em>, Haney described the FBI raid as a \u201cfull-on assault.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not normal business,\u201d Haney said. \u201cI mean there\u2019s no reason for over 100 agents to be knocking on the doors of everyday Ohioans, demanding and accusing people of voter fraud as if it was a witch hunt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=434\">Anti-Austerity Protests Rock World Cup Kick-Off in Mexico<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Shontel Brown (D-Ohio) said she was \u201calarmed and outraged\u201d by the FBI raid, which she alleged was part of an effort by President Donald Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel to disrupt the 2026 midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an unprecedented attack on democracy: These raids must end immediately,\u201d Brown said. \u201cUnfortunately, this appears to be part of a systematic effort by Trump and Kash Patel\u2019s FBI to attack our elections and perpetuate more myths of voter fraud \u2014 all to undermine and challenge any election result that Trump does not agree with. It\u2019s an attack on the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has waged a multi-faceted attack on voting rights ahead of the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Trump signed an executive order instructing the United States Postal Service (USPS) to not deliver ballots in any states that have not given the federal government access to its voter lists, which critics have warned could lead to the \u201cvirtual elimination of mail-in voting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Tuesday court filing by the US Department of Justice, meanwhile, argued that states have the power to purge voter rolls at any time ahead of an election and do not have to abide by the 90-day \u201cquiet period\u201d established in the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA).<\/p>\n<p>If adopted, this policy could result in states deeming voters ineligible without giving them sufficient time to challenge the decision.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has also successfully lobbied Republicans in several states to engage in unprecedented mid-decade gerrymanders with the goal of creating more GOP seats in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=432\">A Montana Firm Run by a Trump Donor Receives Billions in Border Wall Contracts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ohio Organizing Collaborative board member Prentiss Haney accused the feds of using \u201cstraight-up intimidation tactics.\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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