14+ hour, 29+ min ago   (885+ words) The polarizing debate over noncitizen voters escalated last week when New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced that an apparent software glitch had led to the unintended registration of 6,600 noncitizens between June 2023 and June 2024, 400 of whom voted in recent elections. In…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (718+ words) The Texas Secretary of State’s Office used a controversial federal data tool to flag more than 2,000 potential noncitizens on the state’s voter roll last year. But in an April letter to federal immigration officials, Secretary of State Jane Nelson raised…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (662+ words) “Vote early and often” is (hopefully) a joke when applied to American elections. But for Major League Baseball, it’s an earnest exhortation. Every summer, the biggest stars in baseball face off in a much-hyped, albeit just-for-fun, All-Star Game. (This year’s…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (12+ words) The secret weapon Michigan political campaigns are just starting to learn about Votebeat...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (785+ words) Macomb County has begun to post online an image of every ballot cast in the pivotal swing county. The county, Michigan’s third most populous, is using a program called “Ballot Verifier” to upload scans of every ballot cast for anyone…...

5+ mon, 1+ day ago   (347+ words) Agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will not be stationed at polling places for the 2026 elections, an official from the Department of Homeland Security told election officials in a virtual meeting on Wednesday. Your guide through complex systems and key…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (586+ words) The announcement that Noem was planning to hold a press conference about “election security” at an undisclosed location in Maricopa County sparked rumors, ultimately baseless, about the purpose of her visit and whether it signaled an election investigation. Her press…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago   (865+ words) This story was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton failed to offer “any plausible proof…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (587+ words) Texas officials have turned over the state’s voter roll to the U.S. Justice Department, according to a spokesperson for the Texas Secretary of State’s Office, complying with the Trump administration’s demands for access to data on millions of voters across…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (930+ words) A federal judge on Friday became the third one to block key provisions of President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at revising election rules nationwide, ruling that the Constitution gives states and Congress —not the president— the authority to exercise…...