Federal Authorities Seize Election Records Across Five States

Federal and state law enforcement have seized hundreds of thousands of ballots and election records from five states since January 2026, covering both the 2020 and 2024 elections. The FBI took 600 boxes from Fulton County, Georgia; the Justice Department obtained Arizona's 2020 ballot images and requested Michigan's 2024 records; Ohio received federal voter-record demands; California's sheriff seized over 650,000 ballots. The scale far exceeds routine election-crime investigations, sparking disputes over who controls election records.