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.

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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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...

Votebeat is working on a project that illustrates and explains how ranked choice voting works, so we decided to ask readers to vote.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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!

NEW @VotebeatUS Add Pennsylvania to the states getting questions from DOJ about how it manages its voter rolls. h/t @carterwalker.bsky.social

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...

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...

🚨A second federal judge has blocked provisions of Trump's executive order on elections, including a citizenship proof requirement.

Big news about elections in a key swing county from @jenafifield.bsky.social

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

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...

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...

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 @nataliaecm.bsky.social @votebeat.org @texastribune.org #txlege www.votebeat.org/texas/2025/0...

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.

🚨Two important new voting stories out of Texas this morning and up @votebeat.org, both urgent and important. 🧵 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.

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... #ncpol

🚨 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 @forbes.com

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.

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 has the tale. There's a lot to learn. 🧵

“Michigan AG Dana Nessel says Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson violated campaign law” electionlawblog.org?p=149961

I couldn’t tell you what I did last weekend if my life depended on it, yet somehow I can remember the names of the pet rabbits Duncan Hunter bought plane tickets for with campaign funds a decade ago

Pennsylvania election overhaul clears Democratic-led House, but faces a tough pass in the Senate-and election officials have some concerns. ⁦‪@SpotlightPA‬⁩ ⁦‪@ByCarterWalker‬⁩ www.votebeat.org/pennsylvania...

Did you know: Only 2 states have implemented a law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. Tomorrow (2 pm MST/5 pm ET) I'm moderating a virtual panel w/ AZ SOS Adrian Fontes & NH SOS David Scanlan to hear thoughts & lessons learned. SIGN UP: www.eventbrite.com/e/checking-c...

@npr.org EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Agriculture is demanding states hand over personal data of food assistance recipients — including Social Security numbers, addresses and, in at least one state, citizenship status, according to emails shared with NPR.

I don't have an Illinois reporter for @votebeat.org yet, but I kinda want to know if the new pope is a UOCAVA voter?

DOGE guy at the CFPB owned verboten stocks. He was explicitly warned by ethics lawyers that he wasn’t permitted to take any action that could benefit those companies — and him. He then helped fire workers anyway. Including the ethics lawyers who warned him. www.propublica.org/article/cfpb...

Reupping this, from late last night.

The great @davelevinthal.bsky.social joined me to talk about his recent reporting for @notusreports.bsky.social on the FEC and why it has essentially ground to a halt. MORE: www.notus.org/policy/fec-c... SEGMENT: www.fox5dc.com/video/1636299

BREAKING: Judge Richard Myers rules that the N.C. Supreme Court's handling of the state supreme court election violated the U.S. Constitution. The win for Justice Riggs, a Democrat, is to be certified. Today's ruling stayed for 7 days for Judge Griffin, a Republican, to appeal "if he so chooses."

🧵In outstate Wisconsin, longtime clerks are retiring -and few people are eager to replace them. Some towns are going months without having a clerk. That's partially because they are bound by a state law that makes it harder for them to appoint clerks that aren't town residents

A couple of really good reads up @votebeat.org this morning. First, want to know the state of play of the push for stricter voter ID laws in PA? There's been some new noises around getting a deal done. Carter Walker and Stephen Caruso reported the heck out of it - and don't hold your breath.

Texas conservatives who've championed book bans & anti-LGBT policies suffered big losses tonight in school board races. And They seem to have lost their working majorities to pass their policies in big school boards. I tracked these results in FOUR boards tonight. So a 🧵 on each ICYMI.

Oklahoma Education Commissar Ryan Walters announces new academic standards for the coming school year. Among other things, all students will be required to learn Trump's version of the 2020 election.

A University of Michigan student accused of noncitizen voting now has a warrant out for his arrest after he missed a hearing yesterday. New for @votebeat.org: www.votebeat.org/michigan/202...

NEWS: The FEC will lose its quorum of commissioners next week, meaning the campaign finance agency will endure a de facto shutdown of its high-level responsibilities, such as enforcing laws and issuing rulings and opinions. From me in @notusreports.bsky.social: www.notus.org/policy/feder...

The fact that the price of President Trump's meme coin shot up 30% after he promised holders a "night to remember" with him seems like pretty good evidence that a significant part of its value is based on the possibility of obtaining access to the president. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Since ActBlue is in the news, I wanted to share a foundational piece from 2018 that @zubakskees.bsky.social and I did for CPI and @fivethirtyeight.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy, back when we wanted to understand this gamechanging go-between. It holds up. publicintegrity.org/politics/how...

Judge Kollar-Kotelly: "Our Constitution entrusts Congress and the States—not the President—with the authority to regulate federal elections. And no statutory delegation of authority to the Executive Branch permits the President to short-circuit Congress’s deliberative process by executive order."

In her opinion, Kollar-Kotelly notes that Congress debated allowing states to require proof of citizenship when it passed the NVRA, and decided not to. I wrote about that here: www.votebeat.org/2025/03/31/p...

NEWS A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking some provisions of President Trump's executive order on elections, including one to require documented proof of citizenship from people registering to vote. Story soon @VotebeatUS

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Come hear @jenafifield.bsky.social moderate a great panel on proof of citizenship at our FIRST Votebeat event!

Trump last month signed a sweeping executive order that would overhaul American election administration in significant ways and quickly drew at least four separate lawsuits challenging his authority. A hearing on one is scheduled for this afternoon in federal court in DC.