This week: Arizona is preparing for federal interference scenarios for the midterms. Get an inside look below.
Also, why Trump’s lawsuit against California over noncitizen voters is furthering concerns that the administration could try to intervene before or after Election Day. And, how mail voting is going in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as well as the latest with Texas’s voter address update backlog.
Trump lawsuit against California over noncitizen voters heads for uncharted territory
Trump administration attempts to challenge as many as 20,000 California ballots creates concerns the White House could try to intervene before or after Election Day.
Threats of ICE at the polls could just be a fear tactic. Arizona is preparing anyway.
Election officials and voting rights groups say they are ready to respond to Trump administration interference in the 2026 midterm election.
Has Trump had a chilling effect on mail voting? In Pennsylvania, the early data is inconclusive.
Data shows Democrats are requesting fewer mail ballots in the 2026 election than in 2022 or 2024. Are they worried about Donald Trump and the U.S. Postal Service?
In Wisconsin, voters cast early in-person ballots as distrust in the mail grows
Voters from around the Milwaukee metro area told Votebeat that in-person absentee voting is a simple way to avoid a mail system that they say has become risky.
Texas has a new backlog of voter address updates due to another state error
Early voting starts Monday, and some local election officials must again contend with a backlog due to a newly discovered state error.