Democrats Run Doomsday Election Drills Ahead of 2026 Midterms

Senate Democrats led by Schumer held a closed-door tabletop exercise with about a dozen lawmakers to rehearse responses to potential 2026 election threats—disinformation, voter-roll purges and even a National Guard presence at polling sites—using AI visuals to test preemptive coordination with local law enforcement. The aim is to prevent election interference while maintaining voter confidence, though some Republicans call the warnings hyperbolic. This is Schumer’s second such exercise this year, following Trump-era rhetoric and a New Jersey software error that briefly inflated noncitizen registrations.