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627 items of 1822 · updated Oct 30, 2026, 6:10 AM ET
The Trump administration claims thousands of noncitizens are on California's rolls and is pressuring the state to disenfranchise them, offering scant details on how it drafted the list.
Source: Democracy Docket (news alerts) (democracydocket.com)
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to halt investigations in nine states into whether noncitizens are registered to vote.
Source: ABC News (abcnews.com)
A federal judge limited DHS field operations targeting alleged noncitizen voting in nine states in a Wednesday ruling.
Source: Democracy Docket (news alerts) (democracydocket.com)
Wedgewood Polls admitted it had made up its survey results; some candidates say the faked numbers killed their campaigns.
Source: Politico (politico.com)
Mehdi Hasan discusses AIPAC's role in the Michigan midterm race between Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers, and Trump's targeting of Ilhan Omar.
Source: Democracy Now! (democracynow.org)
A judge largely blocked D.H.S. homeland security agents from field interviews in nine states, including California, in an effort to find noncitizens registered to vote.
Source: The New York Times Politics (nytimes.com)
University of Georgia students in the toss-up governor's race between Keisha Lance Bottoms and Rick Jackson say affordability beats abortion.
Source: Rewire News Group (rewirenewsgroup.com)
Nearly two in three U.S. adults younger than 30 who plan to vote in next month's midterm elections say their main motivation is to oppose President Trump, according to a Harvard Youth Poll.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
Democratic groups sued the Trump administration, accusing it of using unfounded voter fraud claims and threats to pressure election officials.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
Voters in Virginia, Nevada, Missouri and Idaho will decide on reproductive rights in November, as a citizen-led initiative in Idaho seeks to restore some abortion rights.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
Voters will decide more than 140 ballot measures in 40 states next month, covering issues from abortion to voter ID to transgender rights.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
Justice Elena Kagan says the Supreme Court's conservative majority rulings have weakened democracy and undermined voting rights ahead of the midterms.
Source: TIME (time.com)
A federal judge who rejected the Department of Justice's voter roll demand takes over a case on the Trump administration's attempt to force California to block over 20,000 alleged noncitizen voters.
Source: Democracy Docket (news alerts) (democracydocket.com)
Six workers allege in a lawsuit that Planned Parenthood Southeast fired them for speaking out for abortion rights and inclusion.
Source: Prism (prismreports.org)
A California immigrant and a Nevada group, joined by top Democrats, sue over federal election probes, alleging coercive threats against state officials to assert federal control over the midterms.
Source: Los Angeles Times Politics (latimes.com)
7 in 10 Americans doubt Trump will accept midterm results; the president has said he will accept them only if he deems them honest.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
The U.S. Department of Justice unveiled election-related criminal charges against 28 noncitizens in California, an effort voting rights advocates warn risks instilling fear among voters.
Source: Stateline (stateline.org)
PA SB 599, an act amending the Pennsylvania Election Code in county boards of elections and in voting by absentee and mail-in electors, was laid on the table on 2026-10-20.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Poland's lower house of parliament approved two bills to loosen a near-total ban on abortions, which campaigners called a small-scale step.
Source: The Guardian: Abortion (theguardian.com)
NJ A 5489 would eliminate automatic voter registration, restore an opt-in process, and require proof of citizenship for voter registration at MVC.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)