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Editions of Votebeat's weekly national newsletter
Trump asserts there are 250,000 noncitizen voters in just four states, but the numbers don’t add up.
Jul 25, 2026
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6 min read
Trump’s obsession with election security loomed large at a conference of state election officials, many wary of federal involvement in the upcoming midterms.
Jul 18, 2026
7 min read
From Vermont’s early broad franchise to modern redistricting fights, voting rights have always moved unevenly across the states.
Jul 4, 2026
5 min read
A judge’s ruling blocked the use of the revamped SAVE immigration database to root out potential noncitizen voters, but it won’t halt ongoing investigations in states that already used the system.
Jun 27, 2026
Federal immigration investigators are hunting for cases of noncitizen voting.
Jun 20, 2026
Federal officials must move quickly to carry out the president’s executive order if they want measures in place by the November election.
Jun 13, 2026
Trump and others criticize the long wait for results in the Golden State, but an onslaught of late mail ballots take time to process.
Jun 6, 2026
8 min read
Missouri Republicans are running out the clock so that they can use their preferred congressional map — no matter what the law says.
May 30, 2026
Polls show Americans are concerned about both election fraud and attempts to disenfranchise voters.
May 16, 2026
Last-minute redistricting is forcing primaries to be rescheduled and confusing voters. Meanwhile, the federal government isn’t sure how to implement Trump’s mail-voting executive order.
May 9, 2026
The slew of new congressional maps hasn’t boosted Republicans’ midterm chances, but it will probably lead to less competitive elections.
May 2, 2026
The law forbids ballots to use QR codes after July 1, but lawmakers adjourned without giving counties an alternative.
Apr 25, 2026
4 min read
Secretary of state elections fly under the radar, but they’re some of the most important races on the midterm ballot.
Apr 18, 2026
A Riverside County investigation shows how local law enforcement can step into election administration using criminal authority.
Apr 11, 2026
13 min read
Even should it pass court muster, Trump’s recent directive on mail voting doesn’t specify how the lists it mandates would be created.
Apr 4, 2026
9 min read
At Votebeat’s latest virtual event, Democratic and Republican officials weren’t shy about defending states’ authority over elections.
Mar 28, 2026
12 min read
Without the filibuster to stand in the way, proof-of-citizenship laws are gaining traction on the state level.
Mar 21, 2026
11 min read
Trump’s passionate push for the election bill is running into a roadblock in the U.S. Senate. But it probably won’t end there.
Mar 14, 2026
