The big picture
Who is moving the causes CSWH follows forward, who is pushing back, and where: from the news, bills and events the daily update finds, and what members share. Every number opens the items behind it, and every item links to its source.
Last 14 days: Oct 16, 2026 to Oct 29, 2026 · updated Oct 29, 2026, 6:00 AM ET
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Totals
No comparison: we don't have data for all of the 14 days before. 1 more item is dated after Oct 29, 2026 (events announced ahead): see it.
Over time
By cause
Each cause group, busiest first; open one for its causes and their newest items either way. An item about several causes counts once in each.
- Advancing: 71Working against: 49Neutral: 255
1 cause with items
- Advancing: 71Working against: 49Neutral: 255
Newest advancing
- Billionaire tax, transgender rights, voter access among key midterm ballot measuresABC News (abcnews.com) ·
- As Trump threatens election interference, Colorado clerks prepare like never beforeStates Newsroom (News From The States) (newsfromthestates.com) · · CO
Newest working against
- California won’t be last state to face DOJ ‘noncitizen voter’ challenges, documents suggestDemocracy Docket (news alerts) (democracydocket.com) ·
- How Trump is trying to disrupt the midterms – video explainerThe Guardian US (theguardian.com) ·
- Advancing: 71Working against: 49Neutral: 255
Newest advancing
- Billionaire tax, transgender rights, voter access among key midterm ballot measuresABC News (abcnews.com) ·
- As Trump threatens election interference, Colorado clerks prepare like never beforeStates Newsroom (News From The States) (newsfromthestates.com) · · CO
- Let’s be clear-eyed about what federal election monitors on the ground in KY really meanStates Newsroom (News From The States) (newsfromthestates.com) ·
- DHS targeting naturalized Americans in voter investigations, civil rights groups sayStateline (stateline.org) ·
- Ahead of midterms, Missourians defend transgender healthcareNPR (npr.org) · · MO
Newest working against
- California won’t be last state to face DOJ ‘noncitizen voter’ challenges, documents suggestDemocracy Docket (news alerts) (democracydocket.com) ·
- How Trump is trying to disrupt the midterms – video explainerThe Guardian US (theguardian.com) ·
- The Memo: DOJ targets Trump foes in flurry of activity in election’s shadowThe Hill (thehill.com) ·
- Why many student voters have a right to choose where to register to voteNPR (npr.org) · · MT
- WI SB 597: Relating to: allowing voters to automatically receive absentee ballots for every election, eliminating the indefinitely confined voter status for receiving absentee ballots, and providing a penalty. (FE)Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · WI
Where
In the United States, a state counts its own items and local items in it. Colour the map by activity or balance.
- Mostly against
- Leaning against
- Even
- Leaning advancing
- Mostly advancing
- None
U.S. states
Federal (Congress, the courts, agencies)
Advancing: 30Working against: 24Neutral: 163 · 217 in all
Around the world
No international items in this period.
Cities and counties
- Cobb County, GAAdvancing: 2Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Boston, MAAdvancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Culver City, CAAdvancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Los AngelesAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 1
- Minneapolis, MNAdvancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- New York City, NYAdvancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- New York, NYAdvancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Oakland, CAAdvancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Pittsburgh, PAAdvancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Shelby County, TNAdvancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Westmoreland County, PAAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 1
By level
By kind of item
- Meetings and hearingsAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 1
- Protests, rallies and marchesAdvancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 2
- Legal newsAdvancing: 18Working against: 16Neutral: 14
- Company newsAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- General newsAdvancing: 35Working against: 20Neutral: 213
- Bills and lawsAdvancing: 16Working against: 13Neutral: 25
- Other events and actionsAdvancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Bills moving
7 bills on these causes had an action dated Oct 16, 2026 to Oct 29, 2026 (of 577 bills tracked).
- NJ A 5641: "Election Integrity and Voter Protection Act"; restricts presence of active duty military and certain law enforcement near polling places and ballot drop boxes.In committee · Oct 22, 2026 · NJ · official page
- Boston 2026-1975: Resolution declaring Election Day a holiday for City Council employees and calling upon the City of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to follow.Enacted · Oct 21, 2026 · Boston, MA · official page
- PA SB 599: An Act amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, in county boards of elections, further providing for expenses of county boards and of primaries and elections to be paid by county, expenses of special elections and boards to be provided with offices; in voting by qualified absentee electors, further providing for date of application for absenteeIn committee · Oct 20, 2026 · PA · official page
- NJ S 4838: Requires citizenship verification to register to vote in New Jersey elections; directs county commissioners of registration to audit registered voters for purposes of verifying citizenship.In committee · Oct 19, 2026 · NJ · official page
- NJ A 5655: Moves primary election to Tuesday after second Monday in June.In committee · Oct 19, 2026 · NJ · official page
- NJ A 5651: Requires certain municipalities to offer early voting.In committee · Oct 19, 2026 · NJ · official page
- NJ S 4863: "Election Integrity and Voter Protection Act"; restricts presence of active duty military and certain law enforcement near polling places and ballot drop boxes.In committee · Oct 19, 2026 · NJ · official page
Coming up
572 events on these causes in the next 30 days: rallies, marches, town halls and meetings. All events.
- NEED A RIDE TO THE POLLS FOR EARLY VOTING IN SUSSEX COUNTY, DELAWARE?Thu, Oct 29, 2026, 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT · Online · Community and group meetings · Mobilize
- GOTV event: RIDES TO THE POLLS FOR EARLY VOTING IN DELAWAREThu, Oct 29, 2026, 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT · Online · Community and group meetings · Mobilize
- The Midday Mobilize — Party At The Polls AnchorageThu, Oct 29, 2026, 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM AKDT · Anchorage, AK · Community and group meetings · Mobilize
- Scales Consulting Presents: Grand Rapids Vote & Vibe: Party at the Polls, Part 3 !Thu, Oct 29, 2026, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT · Grand Rapids, MI · Community and group meetings · Mobilize
- 👟IND Cobb - THURSDAY Canvassing in East CobbThu, Oct 29, 2026, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT · East Cobb, GA · Community and group meetings · Mobilize
- EARLY VOTING POLL GREETING at MSU Communications Building: MMOP AND CON-CON LIT - WKAR Studio BThu, Oct 29, 2026, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT · East Lansing, MI · Community and group meetings · Mobilize
What members are posting
2 posts shared with everyone on these causes, last 14 days, by topic hashtag.
About these numbers
- Every morning CSWH's update reads public news, bills and events and judges each one: which causes it is about, whether it advances a cause or works against it, or is a neutral report, and where it happens. The newest 14 days are in Your feed; a daily record keeps every day's items for 400 days so trends can be followed (it holds 23 days, from Oct 10, 2026).
- Each number is a count of items and opens exactly those items, each with a link to its source. Days with no data are hatched, not counted as zero.
- "Advances" and "works against" are judged per item against each cause it is about, by an AI model that is asked to stay neutral and to cite; the source is always one click away to check.
- Members' posts are those shared with everyone, counted by their topic hashtags; posts have no direction or place.
- Map: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Cartographic Boundary File, States, 1:20,000,000 (public domain), drawn here; no map service is contacted.