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312 items of 1682 · updated Oct 29, 2026, 6:00 AM ET
The Trump administration asks Washington state to set aside ballots from 400 voters it says may be noncitizens.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
Anti-trans ballot measures in Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska and Washington could restrict trans people's access to sports and bathrooms and limit gender-affirming healthcare.
Source: Ms. Magazine (msmagazine.com)
Activists have gone around lawmakers to put proposed bans on transgender girls in school sports on Colorado and Washington ballots.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
Voters in Idaho, Nevada, and Virginia could soon vote to strengthen abortion protections, while Missouri voters face a ballot measure that would roll back rights they approved in 2024.
Source: Prism (prismreports.org)
Ms. Magazine reports on women leading the resistance against what it calls Israel's authoritarian turn; on Oct. 27 Israelis go to the polls in the first national election since the Hamas attack.
Source: Ms. Magazine (msmagazine.com)
Rewire News Group reports that abortion bans could push more pregnant teens into wedlock now that Roe v. Wade is dead.
Source: Rewire News Group (rewirenewsgroup.com)
The Hill reports a federal appeals court appeared unlikely to immediately agree to the Justice Department's bid to segregate 20,000 California ballots it says are likely from noncitizen voters.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
Iowa Dem Josh Turek released an anti-trans ad calling for a federal funding ban on trans care, which the outlet says would be profoundly harmful for transgender people.
Source: Erin in the Morning (erininthemorning.com)
The Hill argues the Supreme Court unraveled the Voting Rights Act, and that states freed from federal oversight adopted new voting restrictions diluting minority voting power.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
California attorney general Rob Bonta called the justice department's directive to verify 20,000 ballots over alleged noncitizen voting politicizing and weaponizing the law.
Source: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)
Voters in 7 states will decide ballot measures impacting LGBTQ+ rights this election, including how trans youth can participate in school sports, access gender-affirming health care, and more.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
Abortion rights are on the ballot in 4 states in the 2026 Midterms; voters in Missouri, Idaho, Virginia, and Nevada will decide the fate of abortion rights in their states.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
Mother Jones reports Missouri's GOP has a new strategy to ban abortion—attack trans kids; Dr. Jennifer Smith canvasses so her home state doesn't ban abortion again.
Source: Mother Jones (motherjones.com)
The DOJ orders some California counties to set aside ballots from suspected noncitizens amid a legal battle with California over noncitizen voting ahead of the midterm elections.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
The Department of Justice sent letters to election officials in every California county asking them to identify potential noncitizens on their voter rolls.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
NH HB 1376, relative to a parent's ability to raise their child in a manner consistent with the child's biological sex and to breast surgeries for minors, signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2026.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
The Justice Dept. demands that California counties help identify noncitizen voters; election officials received letters saying they risk significant federal scrutiny if they fail to comply.
Source: The New York Times (nytimes.com)
The Department of Justice warned California counties...
Source: NBC News (nbcnews.com)
PA HB 1042, an act amending Pennsylvania statutes in crimes against unborn child, providing for the offense of murder of unborn child, was referred to Rules & Executive Nominations.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Resolution HR 674 recognizing November 20, 2026, as Transgender Day of Remembrance in Pennsylvania was referred to Judiciary.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators