Carrie Levine
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Editor-in-chief, Votebeat. Always following the money.
https://www.votebeat.org/
👏read
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, folks.
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5 days ago
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Katie Buehler
5 days ago
BREAKING: The Supreme Court ALLOWS California to use a new, voter-approved congressional map in this year’s midterm elections. The map was drawn to give Democrats enough new U.S. House seats to offset Republican gains in Texas.
#SCOTUS
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As Trump pushes to nationalize elections,
@votebeat.org
talked to the election officials who remember the lessons of 2020, especially Republicans. (link in next tweet)
5 days ago
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House Republicans are threatening to shut down the government over election legislation. Want to know more about it? Read
@baseballot.bsky.social
www.votebeat.org/2026/01/30/r...
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Republicans propose major election-law changes ahead of 2026 midterms
The GOP bills would be the biggest changes to federal election law in more than 20 years.
https://www.votebeat.org/2026/01/30/republicans-congress-election-integrity-bills-trump-proof-of-citizenship-photo-voter-id/
7 days ago
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Yesterday was a special runoff for a Texas congressional seat. In two weeks, early voting begins for the March primary - and the district has changed. Reupping this
@nataliaecm.bsky.social
on the muddle of long-delayed special elections and midcycle redistricting.
www.votebeat.org/texas/2025/1...
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Texas congressional runoff will run right into the next election cycle.
Voters in Texas’ 18th Congressional District waited months for an election to fill a long-vacant seat. Now, they’ll have two elections within weeks of each other.
https://www.votebeat.org/texas/2025/11/14/18th-congressional-district-houston-runoff-election/
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The Fulton County elections search sent shock waves through election officials, who have for months been planning how to deal with possible federal intervention in the midterms.
www.votebeat.org/2026/01/29/e...
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Election officials push back after FBI search of Georgia elections office
Secretaries of state say years of audits and recounts have already validated the 2020 election.
https://www.votebeat.org/2026/01/29/election-officials-respond-fbi-search-georgia-elections-office/
10 days ago
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Everyone, welcome
@sashahupka.bsky.social
and give her a follow, if you aren't already!
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14 days ago
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New statement from @MNSecofState, calling the letter an “outrageous attempt to coerce” MN into turning over private voter data.
15 days ago
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Josh Douglas
25 days ago
THIS! I'm asked this all of the time. Yes, there will be elections this November. (Whether the outcomes will actually reflect the will of the people is a separate question.)
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Nathaniel Rakich
25 days ago
If Trump issued an executive order today canceling the 2026 election, it would still happen. The president has no involvement in the running of elections, which is done by states.
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The Insurrection Act is making news this morning! In November, I wrote about it in the context of elections for
@votebeat.org
- see below for a link.
25 days ago
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Nathaniel Rakich
about 1 month ago
Yep: Elections are run at the state and local level, Trump doesn’t have jurisdiction over them. We at
@votebeat.org
cover this very thing!
www.votebeat.org/newsletters/
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Caitlin Gilbert
about 1 month ago
EXCLUSIVE:
@laurenweberhp.bsky.social
& I have spent the last year collecting school+county-level vaccination data from across the US and found that only about 28% of counties now have herd immunity for kindergartners from measles—that leaves about 5.2mn kids unprotected. Gift link:
wapo.st/49zDc43
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U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.
Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.
https://wapo.st/49zDc43
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Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology
about 2 months ago
When it comes to redistricting, who should be included in the population counts? CMIST’s Jonathan Cervas provided an analysis of the effects of exclusion in the Rio Grande Valley to Votebeat. See what he had to say:
projects.votebeat.org/2025/redistr...
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Could excluding noncitizens be Republicans’ next move in the redistricting battles?
Excluding noncitizens when drawing political districts could have important ramifications for political power in Texas.
https://projects.votebeat.org/2025/redistricting-noncitizens-who-counts-census-citizenship-question-apportionment/
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Walter Olson
3 months ago
Trump issued “a full, complete, and unconditional pardon to all United States citizens” for conduct related to the 2020 election. Now a man facing federal prosecution for voting twice (once in PA and once in FL, both times for Trump) says he's covered and should go free. [VoteBeat] /1
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Did Trump accidentally pardon a man accused of voter fraud?
Legal scholars say Trump’s 2020 election pardon may have unintended consequences.
https://www.votebeat.org/2025/11/25/trump-pardon-2020-election-fraud-matthew-laiss-double-voting/
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Nathaniel Rakich
3 months ago
Adelita Grijalva is finally getting sworn into the House today. Her 50-day stint as a congressperson-elect is by far the longest this century.
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Jessica Huseman
3 months ago
I feel like we've assembled the avengers over here.
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So thrilled to welcome
@baseballot.bsky.social
to
@votebeat.org
l!
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3 months ago
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There are elections tomorrow!
@carterwalker.bsky.social
has been closely watching the judicial retention election simmering in PA. Here's a thread on what you need to know:
3 months ago
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Breaking: A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration can't proceed with implementing a provision in his March executive order seeking to require proof of citizenship. More to come.
3 months ago
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Texas used a revamped federal database to check its voter rolls and flagged ~2700 "potential noncitizens" the state asked counties to investigate.
@nataliaecm.bsky.social
reported on what the counties are finding. It's early stages, but very interesting. Link ⬇️
3 months ago
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We here
@votebeat.org
don't cover the horse race. But we are making an exception for our very own mascot election. There was a heated campaign. You voted. Now it's time to find out who won - and understand ranked choice voting a little better along the way.
3 months ago
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A federal judge has denied DOJ's motion to dismiss a case brought by 19 states challenging key provisions of Trump's executive order on elections.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
She had previously blocked some provisions of the order from going into effect, and DOJ is appealing.
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https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.282905/gov.uscourts.mad.282905.132.0.pdf
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Please join @SethBluestein , Karen Brinson Bell, and me for a @votebeat webinar on public trust in elections, moderated by @JessicaHuseman on Friday, Sept. 19, noon EDT. Register here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/public-tr...
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Public trust in elections
Join us for a conversation on public trust in elections with an elections expert and two experienced election officials.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/public-trust-in-elections-registration-1665472134989
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Calling all pet people who care about voting!
www.votebeat.org/2025/09/04/v...
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Help us with a project: Vote for Votebeat’s new pet mascot
Votebeat is working on a project that illustrates and explains how ranked choice voting works, so we decided to ask readers to vote.
https://www.votebeat.org/2025/09/04/votebeat-pet-mascot-election-ranked-choice-voting-project/
5 months ago
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Worried about trust in elections? Join
@votebeat.org
@jessicahuseman.bsky.social
for a conversation with MIT's Charles Stewart,
@sethbluestein.bsky.social
and former NCSBE director Karen Brinson Bell on 9/19. Free registration here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/public-tru...
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Public trust in elections
Join us for a conversation on public trust in elections with an elections expert and two experienced election officials.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/public-trust-in-elections-registration-1665472134989?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Votebeat
5 months ago
Votebeat is working on a project that illustrates and explains how ranked choice voting works, so we decided to ask readers to vote.
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Help us with a project: Vote for Votebeat’s new pet mascot
Votebeat is working on a project that illustrates and explains how ranked choice voting works, so we decided to ask readers to vote.
https://bit.ly/45OiUSF
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The Justice Department's demands that states turn over their voter rolls are highlighting long-running conflicts over how best to ensure that only eligible voters are on them, and exactly what the law requires.
@jenafifield.bsky.social
@carterwalker.bsky.social
explain for
@votebeat.org
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Jason Leopold
6 months ago
NEW FOIA Files newsletter is out! I'm resurfacing emails from my FOIA archives that I obtained in 2018 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The emails are a reminder that Trump’s relationship w/BLS as it relates to employment data has long been acrimonious
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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When Trump and the Bureau of Labor Statistics First Clashed Over Jobs Numbers
Dozens of emails related to a 2018 Trump tweet over the monthly jobs report are a good reminder that the president’s relationship with the Department of Labor unit has long been acrimonious.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-22/trump-s-acrimonious-relationship-with-bls-revealed-in-2018-emails?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc1NTg3NjU0OCwiZXhwIjoxNzU2NDgxMzQ4LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUMUVHQUpHUEZIVEowMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIyQjE3NzFFOTlEODc0QzRDOTY1Njg1RTZBQkJGM0QwRCJ9.xT92Z1BYTtvHBcURNczGKM8C_OcRZvFAuqG_bZxD4mA
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The Trump administration will appeal one of two preliminary injunctions blocking some provisions of his executive order on elections, according to a new filing. This applies to a case brought by 19 states.
6 months ago
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EXCLUSIVE from @JenAFifield EXCLUSIVE from @JenAFifield Text messages obtained by Votebeat shed new light on Heap's discussions with two county supervisors over control of elections.
6 months ago
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Jen Fifield
7 months ago
ICYMI, from Friday: A criminally indicted AZ elected official who voted to delay his county's 22 midterm results past the legal deadline now wants the taxpayers to pay his $300K in legal bills- and the county wants the statewide insurance pool to cover it.
www.votebeat.org/arizona/2025...
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Cochise County asks insurer to cover indicted supervisor’s legal bills in election case
Supervisor Thomas Crosby sent the county a $300,000 claim as he fights charges of trying to delay the 2022 midterm election results. The other supervisors are signaling their support.
https://www.votebeat.org/arizona/2025/07/11/cochise-county-supervisor-thomas-crosby-2022-election-legal-bills-insurance/
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Researchers from
@statesunited.org
used validated voter data to find that people who felt more confident their vote would count as intended were more likely to vote.
www.votebeat.org/2025/07/14/r...
I don't know if it's correlation or causation, but really interesting!
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How a New York lawsuit is helping to fan voter mistrust — on the left
A recent YouGov poll found that 41% of voters who reported casting a ballot for Kamala Harris in 2024 did not believe that Trump “legitimately won the election.”
https://www.votebeat.org/2025/07/14/rockland-county-election-lawsuit-fans-election-mistrust/
7 months ago
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NEW @VotebeatUS Add Pennsylvania to the states getting questions from DOJ about how it manages its voter rolls. h/t
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7 months ago
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Election news: A voting system from Hart Intercivic is the first to obtain certification under VVSG 2.0, the most updated standards, per @EACgov's website. Others are in the testing process. More on the EAC's guidelines from me in this from June 30:
www.votebeat.org/2025/06/30/t...
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Work on parts of Trump’s elections executive order is getting underway
A technical committee of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission will soon consider a draft of changes to voting system guidelines following the president’s executive order.
https://www.votebeat.org/2025/06/30/trump-executive-order-elections-voluntary-voting-system-guidelines-barcode-qr-code/
7 months ago
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Jen Fifield
7 months ago
New statement from Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap confirms that his office approved the incorrect proof before the vendor sent the incorrect letter to 83,000 voters. Background:
www.votebeat.org/arizona/2025...
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🚨A second federal judge has blocked provisions of Trump's executive order on elections, including a citizenship proof requirement.
8 months ago
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Big news about elections in a key swing county from
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8 months ago
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The Georgia Supreme Court has invalidated rules the state election board tried to impose before the presidential election, including a move to change the way officials finalize vote totals that drew wide concern, per
@ajc.com
8 months ago
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Alexander Shur
8 months ago
I wrote about what the DOJ's letter to Wisconsin over an alleged HAVA violation means, including commentary that WEC likely is violating the law. Story features a
@jenafifield.bsky.social
scoop of a DOJ letter also sent to Arizona
www.votebeat.org/wisconsin/20...
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U.S. threatens Arizona and Wisconsin over alleged election law violations
The letters are an early sign of how the Trump’s administration is scrutinizing state election practices after his executive order on elections.
https://www.votebeat.org/wisconsin/2025/06/05/justice-department-warns-arizona-wisconsin-election-law-violations/
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Mark Joseph Stern
8 months ago
And finally (for now), SCOTUS will consider Bost v. Illinois whether federal candidates have standing to challenge state laws that count late-arriving ballots postmarked by Election Day. Not the merits (yet), just the standing question.
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
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A bid to give Texas AG Ken Paxton more authority over election crimes appears to have deadlocked in the legislature as the clock runs out on the session. h/t
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@votebeat.org
@texastribune.org
#txlege
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Texas Legislature deadlocks on giving attorney general more authority to crack down on election crimes
Ken Paxton sought more power for his office to take up election cases. But lawmakers working on a bill haven’t agreed on a measure that would give it to him.
https://www.votebeat.org/texas/2025/06/01/attorney-general-prosecute-election-crimes-legislature-compromise/
8 months ago
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Some personal news: I'm now editor-in-chief of
@votebeat.org
I'm incredibly proud of our excellent team's objective, nonpartisan coverage of elections and voting, which has never been more essential. I'm honored to work with our staff every day.
9 months ago
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🚨Two important new voting stories out of Texas this morning and up
@votebeat.org
, both urgent and important. đź§µ To start, Texas' bid to pass a citizenship proof requirement for voters appears likely dead this legislative session - it missed a key House deadline Tuesday.
9 months ago
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Billy Corriher
9 months ago
The NC Supreme Court—in an opinion released at 4:30 on a holiday weekend—affirms the Court of Appeals ruling that gives the GOP control of NC elections. It's 5-2 party-line decision, with Earls dissenting.
appellate.nccourts.org/orders.php?t...
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Zach Everson
9 months ago
🚨 NEW: The Secret Service has paid Trump’s campaign entities $13M for travel. His campaign entities then paid his own jet company $18M. Nothing illegal here. Just taxpayer dollars and campaign contributions flowing to a company Trump completely owns. me, for
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How Trump’s Aviation Company Earned $18 Million From His Campaign Apparatus—After It Received $13 Million From The Secret Service
Unlike other presidential campaigns, Trump’s operation appears to have turned Secret Service travel into business income.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2025/05/23/trump-campaign-secret-service-airfare-payments/
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Ben Adida
9 months ago
A fascinating in-depth look at a case of voter fraud. Pretty clear it doesn't happen much at scale, but we should still investigate when it does happen, and this is great reporting.
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In October 2021, in a tiny PA borough, a mayoral candidate looked at the voting rolls and saw the names of people who he knew didn't live there. Right then, a failed attempt at election fraud began unraveling, and Carter Walker
@votebeat.org
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Rick Hasen
9 months ago
“Michigan AG Dana Nessel says Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson violated campaign law”
electionlawblog.org?p=149961
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"Michigan AG Dana Nessel says Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson violated campaign law" #ELB
Detroit News: Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office has determined Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson broke the state’s campaign finance law on the day she announced her bid for governor, but there’s n...
https://electionlawblog.org/?p=149961
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