Feds threaten CA officials with imprisonment over stance on mail ballots; Justices uphold law allowing certain overseas voters to cast ballots for NE elections; HI Supreme Court considers case of idled Elections Commission: electionline.org/news/2026/1…

Suspicious letters sent to election officials weeks before midterms; Social media posts falsely claim ballots marked by a poll worker will be disqualified; DOJ sues CA over universal mail voting; TX clears voter registration backlog before early voting: electionline.org/news/2026/1…

TX election officials clear backlog of thousands of voter registrations; Justice Department threatens CA with legal action over claim of noncitizens on voter rolls; Metro Atlanta voter registration nosedives at citizenship ceremonies: electionline.org/news/2026/1…

WI officials can count ballots that arrive late over official errors, judge rules; Tarrant County judge denies temporary injunction to restore polling sites; State elections offices in LA and OK receive suspicious mailings: electionline.org/news/2026/1…

Voting rights groups sue TX over voter registration delays; Rockville, Md. to consider granting 16-year-olds voting rights in local elections; Lane County adds three ballot drop boxes, trials OR’s first smart box: electionline.org/news/2026/1…

DCBOE asks National Guard to stay away from ballot drop boxes; Federal judge bars DOJ from gathering states’ voter lists to find noncitizens; OK’s voter registration portal failed on the last day to register: electionline.org/news/2026/1…

As early in-person voting approaches, NC election officials seek to ease fears; OH launches new initiative to recognize first-time voters; CT to spend $1M to explain voting options to residents in November: electionline.org/news/2026/1…

In the newser this week, we begin our Countdown to November 3 with a look at all the elections-related ballot measures this season. That, plus so much more election news and information and three new episodes of High Turnout Wide Margins : electionline.org/electionlin…

NJ will conduct daily audits to prevent more voter registration errors, governor says; Appeals court: KS mail-in ballots will be accepted for 3 days after election; Carmel-by-the-Sea residents must re-register to vote after homes get street addresses: electionline.org/news/2026/1…

‘Human error’ switches status of 67,000 LA voters to inactive; Why election officials are pushing voters to ‘use the drop box rather than the mailbox’; UT clerks launch initiative to boost election trust: electionline.org/news/2026/1…

TX election officials are scrambling to process voter registration backlog using a system they say does not work; Judge allows student IDs as fallback for NH voters; MT judge rules ballot envelope birth year requirement unconstitutional: electionline.org/news/2026/1…

Judge dismisses lawsuit over voter assistance limits in SC;  Anxiety is growing president may try to disrupt the midterms. States are prepping; Tarrant Co. leaders sued over decision to cut 92 polling sites; And it’s National Voter Education Week!: electionline.org/news/2026/1…

GASBOE will not immediately move ahead with plan to fix flaw in election system; Chicago-area election officials gear up for potential ICE, FBI presence at the polls after federal threats; WY Supreme Court concludes crossover-voting ban is constitutional: electionline.org/news/2026/1…

In the newser this week, Know Before You Vote, a voter education series from @cuyahogaboe . That, plus so much more election news and information: electionline.org/electionlin…

Senate Dems block bill to impose new voter ID requirements; Pentagon used emergency measure to change voter forms for Americans abroad; Judge dismisses lawsuit attempting to obtain GA’s sensitive voter data: electionline.org/news/2026/1…

TX agrees to pay counties as they work to clear voter registration backlog; CO voters could see more poll monitors during the midterm election; Voters in multiple MI counties still don’t have absentee ballots after clerks miss mailing deadline: electionline.org/news/2026/0…

Judge blocks US from tying emergency grants to election changes; Maricopa Co. investigated 60 suspected noncitizen voters. 52 are citizens, 8 are not.; Hegseth says national security, military cyber forces will guard US election systems during midterms: electionline.org/news/2026/0…

SCOTUS again blocks MO’s gerrymandered congressional map; SCOTUS greenlights national citizenship database ahead of midterms; LA Co. voting rights groups mobilize to counter possible November election disruption: electionline.org/news/2026/0…

Election officials say US cyber plan comes too late; Election officials are preparing for the possibility of federal intervention; Court reinstates OH proof of citizenship law; CA Supreme Court orders Riverside Co. Sheriff to return 650k seized ballots: electionline.org/news/2026/0…

In the newsletter this week, FloorVote, a free, open-source legislative tracking tool from @BPC_Bipartisan helps election official associations have an impact. That, plus so much more election news and information: electionline.org/electionlin…