Nation Oct 09 How local officials are testing voting machines to ensure election integrity By Liz Landers, Matt Loffman
World Oct 07 Scars from Oct. 7 fuel deep divisions over Netanyahu ahead of Israeli election As Israel gears up for its first elections since Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his opponents are putting it at the heart of their campaigns. By Josef Federman, Associated Press
Politics Sep 30 Democrats want a blue wave. New Hampshire is Exhibit A for why that may not happen Five weeks before Election Day, Democratic optimism is soaring. But glaring vulnerabilities threaten to undermine the unstoppable blue wave that Democrats believe is coming. Look no further than New Hampshire, where Democratic leaders are sounding the alarm about political challenges… By Steve Peoples, Holly Ramer, Steven Sloan, Associated Press
Politics Sep 25 Supreme Court lets Trump administration use revamped federal voter eligibility database for now The Supreme Court on Friday lifted restrictions on a controversial federal voter database before November’s elections, granting President Donald Trump a temporary win in his aggressive campaign against noncitizen voting. By Ali Swenson, Associated Press
Politics Sep 23 Trump's focus on noncitizen voting has led to 160 arrests. That shows it's rare, experts say The Trump administration's whole-of-government effort to find and prosecute noncitizens illegally on state voter rolls has resulted in about 1,600 voter fraud cases that have led to 160 arrests, Homeland Security Investigations senior official Matthew Millhollin said in a press… By Ali Swenson, Associated Press
Sep 18 DHS may have violated state election law, Virginia's AG says after whistleblower report By Associated Press Virginia's attorney general said Thursday that the Department of Homeland Security may have violated several state laws after a whistleblower accused its employees of misrepresenting themselves on voter lookup tools to hunt for noncitizen voters. Continue reading
Sep 17 Trump's push to restrict mail ballots failed. Other efforts to reshape the midterms continue By Ali Swenson, Associated Press The Supreme Court this week closed the chapter on one of Trump’s effort to dramatically overhaul of the nation’s mail voting processes. But the case was just one example of the Republican president’s numerous attempts to assert federal control over the upcoming midterms. Continue reading
Sep 09 Ballots discounted for late postmarks surged in Washington and Oregon after Postal Service changes By Gene Johnson, Associated Press The number of ballots rejected for late postmarks has soared in the vote-by-mail states of Washington and Oregon, according to newly released data highlighting concerns about recent changes in U.S. Postal Service operations ahead of this fall's pivotal midterm election. Continue reading
Sep 06 Trump administration makes another appeal to Supreme Court to allow mail ballot restrictions By Lindsay Whitehurst, Gary Fields, Associated Press The filing came after U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani extended an order against the Postal Service enforcing President Donald Trump’s executive order for the November elections. Continue reading
Aug 25 Watch 6:06 Constitutional law professor explains Supreme Court's ruling on mail-in voting By Liz Landers, Doug Adams The Supreme Court on Monday issued an emergency order that allows the Trump administration to move forward, for now, with plans to restrict mail-in voting ahead of the midterm elections in November. Opponents say it will bring chaos to the… Continue watching