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Election deniers stoke Trump-driven ballot security fears before midterms
Former and current officials who bolstered claims of voter fraud in 2020 make fresh allegations of vulnerabilities Prominent election deniers have spent recent weeks stoking fears over US election security before next month’s midterms, echoing claims pushed by Donald Trump to justify asserting mor
admin · October 6, 2026
AI could expose how Georgia voters cast their ballot, researchers warn
A Princeton researcher found that publicly available election records could be combined with AI to link voters to their ballots When voters cast their ballots, their votes are supposed to remain secret: from their family, their neighbors, and the government. But what if artificial evidence could mak
admin · October 2, 2026
DNC sues Trump administration over last-minute changes to overseas voting form
DNC accuses Pentagon of pushing through changes to how voters abroad request absentee ballots ahead of midterms The Trump administration broke the law when it pushed through a last-minute change to the form overseas citizens use to register and request absentee ballots, the Democratic National Commi
admin · October 1, 2026
‘Page one of repressive playbook’: critics warn of Trump’s conspiratorial attacks
President’s outlandish and extensive conspiracy theories endanger US freedoms, health and science, experts say Since the start of his second presidency, Donald Trump has often launched outlandish conspiratorial attacks on critics and foes that mock them and label their views as hoaxes, prompting s
admin · October 1, 2026
Trump allies could use midterms ‘counting window’ to disrupt results, experts warn
Fears grow that loyalists in key states could use critical period when votes are counted to amplify false claims Election experts have warned Donald Trump’s administration could use the crucial hours and days after November’s midterm elections to disrupt the results after struggling to enforce a
admin · September 27, 2026
Supreme court blocks Trump-backed Missouri congressional map from use in midterms
Court puts end to long-running legal dispute as it rules Republican-friendly map cannot be used in November The supreme court on Friday turned away an attempt to use a new Missouri congressional map backed by Donald Trump, putting an end to a long-running legal dispute as absentee voting is under wa
admin · September 25, 2026
US supreme court lifts restrictions on controversial voter database
Trump and officials claimed it combats voting by noncitizens but critics said it could disenfranchise eligible voters The US supreme court has lifted restrictions on a controversial federal database of voters as Donald Trump seeks to impose tougher restrictions on voting ahead of November’s midter
admin · September 25, 2026
Nearly 200 people wrongly identified on Nevada’s voter rolls as non-citizens
State election officials said they reviewed 185 records homeland security sent them and confirmed they were US citizens The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wrongly identified 185 people on Nevada’s voter rolls as non-citizens, state officials said this week, escalating concerns over the shod
admin · September 24, 2026
Texas woman triumphs as court upholds acquittal in voting error case
Crystal Mason has spent nearly a decade fighting conviction for casting provisional ballot that ultimately wasn’t counted The nearly decade-long case of a Black Texas woman who was sentenced to five years in prison in a controversial illegal voting case will end with an acquittal, the state’s hi
admin · September 24, 2026
California sheriff ordered to return ballots he confiscated in voter ‘fraud’ inquiry
State supreme court rules Chad Bianco’s conduct unlawful and says he ‘must refrain from further handling’ of ballots A Republican California sheriff must return more than a half-million ballots he seized for an investigation into unfounded voting improprieties in a special election last year,
admin · September 24, 2026
Many Americans live in the UK – but few vote back home. This year, that must change | Kathryn Sikkink
The rights of overseas voters are protected by US federal law. It’s not hard – but Americans should start planning now The UK hosts the second largest population of voting-age US citizens outside the United States, but Americans living in the UK vote at very low levels in US elections. The US go
admin · September 22, 2026
Appeals court rules in favor of Trump-backed Missouri congressional maps
Supreme court, which has twice blocked maps from being used in November, likely to have final say in legal fight A long-running legal fight over Missouri’s congressional map took another turn Monday when a federal appeals panel ruled in favor of new districts backed by Donald Trump, even though th
admin · September 21, 2026