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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media in the White House on July 13, 2026. A federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Postal Service from putting Trump's new mail-ballot rules in place for the November election.

Michigan's Board of State Canvassers, as well as Director of Elections Jonathan Brater, look at specific petitions to try to discern if the proof of citizenship initiative should be on the ballot this fall.

Monday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling set off a new court scramble to block mail ballot restrictions for this November's election.

Arizona residents wait in line to vote early at the Indian Bend Wash Visitor Center on October 30, 2024 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Voters who didn't mail or drop off their early ballot in 2023, 2024, or 2025 could soon be at risk of being removed from the st

Texas City, Galveston County, industrial skyline. While still battling legal challenges over a map in 2021 that voting rights advocates said diluted the voting power of Black and Latino voters, Galveston County has now redrawn its precinct lines again, ju

President Donald Trump signs an executive order cracking down on mail-in voting on March 31, 2026. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday lifted a stay blocking key provisions, but legal and practical hurdles could make it hard to put new restrictions in place

People cast their ballots at the Northwest Activities Center on Aug. 4, 2026, in Detroit. Votebeat's Expert Desk is now open for journalists to sign up for free, on-the-record access to election experts throughout the 2026 election cycle.

Conservative activists James O'Keefe, left, and Cam Higby dressed in traditional Muslim clothing during a hidden camera operation in Minneapolis on Aug. 11, 2026. The activists filmed polling places to put spotlight on unusual election law.

"I Voted" stickers are arrayed in the polling station serving wards 194 and 195 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Aug. 11, 2026. President Donald Trump's administration has repurposed a system long used to verify immigrants' eligibility for benefits into a mista

President Donald Trump is touting a new Census Bureau report that claims that 24,000 noncitizens voted in the 2020 election.