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How an Election Fight in Arizona Could Affect the Nation’s Midterms

12 juillet 2026 à 05:00
A bitter struggle between Maricopa County’s Republican-dominated Board of Supervisors and a Trump-allied official over control of elections has ramifications far beyond Greater Phoenix.

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A show of support for the Maricopa County recorder, Justin Heap, during a special meeting of the county’s Board of Supervisors in Phoenix in February.

Justice Department Threatens Top Election Officials Over Noncitizen Voting

7 juillet 2026 à 20:19
The letters come amid President Trump’s effort to tighten election rules to prevent a problem that doesn’t exist: widespread noncitizen voting.

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Letters from Harmeet Dhillon, who runs the Justice Department’s civil rights division, to all 50 states and the District of Columbia threatened prosecution of top election officials if votes by noncitizens were counted in upcoming elections.

F.B.I. Assigns Scores of Analysts to Examine Election Records in Georgia

2 juillet 2026 à 19:54
The expansion of an investigation into Fulton County’s election office reflects President Trump’s desire to prove his baseless claims that the 2020 election in Georgia was rigged.

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A memo says that the surge is part of a priority effort by Kash Patel, the director of the F.B.I.

Colorado Supreme Court Rejects Democratic Redistricting Plans

29 juin 2026 à 15:05
The state’s high court found that ballot initiatives designed to change state law to install a newly gerrymandered map violated Colorado law.

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The Colorado Supreme Court rejected two ballot initiatives on Monday that would have given voters the chance in November to approve off-year redistricting ahead of 2028 federal elections.

Supreme Court Decision on Late-Arriving Mail-In Ballots Grants Relief to 18 States

29 juin 2026 à 15:46
The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that state laws allowing ballots to arrive after Election Day are legal. The decision is the latest in a series of setbacks for President Trump’s efforts to regulate elections.

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The Supreme Court decision means that states do not have to scramble to change their systems before November or get the word out to voters to return their ballots earlier.
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