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Editions of Votebeat's weekly national newsletter
A shrinking pool of candidates who agree with the president may suggest a shift.
Oct 3, 2026
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7 min read
South Dakota’s Republican secretary of state is now backing a Democrat after years of defending systems she once doubted.
Sep 26, 2026
Their job now is to tell voters mail ballots are safe to use for the November election.
Sep 19, 2026
5 min read
The former MMA fighter has become Trump’s new pugilist in his administration’s fight over the November elections.
Sep 12, 2026
6 min read
Election experts say local officials may not be able to comply with new federal guidelines by November.
Aug 29, 2026
8 min read
Conservative activists staged a test of voter vouching, spotlighting an obscure election law they view as an opening for fraud. Here’s how it actually works.
Aug 22, 2026
Democratic election officials criticized Homeland Security leaders for lackluster support as the midterm election looms.
Aug 15, 2026
The explosion of prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket has election officials wondering if they could be used for nefarious purposes.
Aug 8, 2026
4 min read
Even if the justices rule for him on the narrow legal question before them, it may be too late to change the administration of November’s election
Aug 1, 2026
Trump asserts there are 250,000 noncitizen voters in just four states, but the numbers don’t add up.
Jul 25, 2026
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
From Vermont’s early broad franchise to modern redistricting fights, voting rights have always moved unevenly across the states.
Jul 4, 2026
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
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
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
