Billionaire tax, transgender rights, voter access among key midterm ballot measures
Voters will weigh in on several key midterm ballot measures including billionaire tax, transgender rights and voter access.
Source: ABC News (abcnews.com)
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Voters will weigh in on several key midterm ballot measures including billionaire tax, transgender rights and voter access.
Source: ABC News (abcnews.com)
Colorado clerks are preparing for the general election with disaster planning they did for the June 30 primary, as States Newsroom reports Trump threatens election interference.
Source: States Newsroom (News From The States) (newsfromthestates.com)
States Newsroom reports a flurry of news stories generating concern about the federal Department of Justice sending election monitors to polling places in Kentucky.
Source: States Newsroom (News From The States) (newsfromthestates.com)
The New York Times reports four scenarios for how the midterms could go, saying expectations are cresting for Democrats and much will depend on a few close Senate races.
Source: The New York Times Politics (nytimes.com)
Virginia voters to decide on constitutional protections for abortion and reproductive health care, with more headlines on a congressional race and cuts to $156 million in solar funding.
Source: States Newsroom (News From The States) (newsfromthestates.com)
A clash over trans women in sports erupted at a pro soccer game, where protesters seeking a ban on transgender athletes in women's sports protested near fans of the Portland Thorns.
Source: The New York Times Politics (nytimes.com)
Civil rights groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging Homeland Security is scrutinizing naturalized U.S. citizens, placing them at risk of disenfranchisement, less than a week before Election Day.
Source: Stateline (stateline.org)
The campaign to defend access to transgender healthcare for young people in Missouri is taking an unhurried approach to talking with voters about how the ban on midterm ballots would play out.
Source: KFF Health News (kffhealthnews.org)
In Missouri, a campaign to defend access to transgender healthcare for young people is taking an unhurried approach to talking with voters about a proposed ban ahead of the midterms.
Source: NPR (npr.org)
An NPR analysis finds 70 House districts where Democrats and Republicans are each investing more than six figures in advertising during the final few days of the 2026 midterm election.
Source: NPR (npr.org)
Missouri voters could ban abortion after they just removed a ban two years ago, and California voters could tax billionaires 5% of their wealth.
Source: NPR (npr.org)
NPR's morning brief reports Trump and Obama campaign at rallies ahead of Election Day and two reports give GDP and inflation insights ahead of midterms; Israel's election is deadlocked.
Source: NPR (npr.org)
A Long Island couple sues a now-former broker at realtor Douglas Elliman for housing discrimination after the broker sent a text saying "Ugh they are black."
Source: ABC News (abcnews.com)
A federal judge rejected the Trump administration's bid to require California election officials to separate out mail ballots received from roughly 20,000 people it claims are not U.S. citizens.
Source: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
Barack Obama spoke at a Wednesday campaign rally in suburban Atlanta to support Jon Ossoff for US Senate and Keisha Lance Bottoms for governor in the final week of the midterm election campaign.
Source: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)
A federal judge declined to order California election officials to segregate and not count ballots from people the Trump administration claimed were non-citizens, rebuffing the DoJ.
Source: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)
A federal judge in California refused the Trump administration's request to segregate 20,000 mail-in ballots from individuals it alleges are noncitizens.
Source: NBC News (nbcnews.com)
The Department of Justice plans to deploy federal election monitors to polling places in Portland and Lewiston, Maine, and Secretary of State Shenna Bellows says their role is observation only.
Source: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
ABC News reports that its analysis of the early vote in Texas and Georgia one week out to the 2026 midterms shows signs of enthusiasm for Democrats.
Source: ABC News (abcnews.com)
King Charles III tours Caribbean nations facing demands that Britain apologize and pay reparations; palace officials say he will reiterate previous comments on slavery but stop short of an apology.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)