2026 Midterm Elections
The Trump administration is deploying an unprecedented 1,000 monitors to observe the midterms, but the monitors themselves are a normal feature of elections.
The Trump administration is deploying an unprecedented 1,000 monitors to observe the midterms, but the monitors themselves are a normal feature of elections.
As of Thursday, voters had cast 344,000 in-person absentee ballots, compared with 224,000 at this point in 2022.
The Potter County Republican Party lawsuit argues, without providing proof, that voting machines could be vulnerable. Texas law already requires a portion of paper ballots to be hand counted.
The typically low-key process has come under scrutiny since Jan. 6 rioters sought to halt certification of the 2020 presidential election.
A state-by-state guide to poll-closing times and how fast ballots are counted.
Groups have altered or stopped voter outreach efforts, worried about criminal penalties.
Americans are losing confidence in voting by mail after persistent Trump efforts to restrict the practice.
Last minute legal maneuvering by the Trump administration is more likely to confuse voters than succeed in court, experts say, but it could lay the groundwork for post-election challenges.
The two candidates offer strikingly different views and rhetoric on election administration.
From aging touchscreens to calibration problems, voting machine complaints are a familiar feature of elections. Here’s how officials investigate them.